A court has sentenced a Palestinian teenager Monday to 12 years in prison for a knife attack against two Israelis, his lawyer said.
The boy, 14, was earlier found guilty of the attempted murder of a 20-year-old and a 12-year-old boy in the Jewish settlement neighborhood of Pisgat Zeev in East Jerusalem, lawyer Lea Tsemel said.
He was 13 at the time of the attack in October 2015, which was one of the most high-profile in a recent wave of violence.
A Palestinian minor, who identity is under court-imposed gag order, convicted of the attempted murder of two Israelis in a stabbing in October 2015, leaves the District Court in Jerusalem after his sentencing hearing on November 7, 2016. (AFP /AHMAD GHARABLI)
The Jerusalem district court also ordered the Beit Hanina resident to pay NIS 80,000 ($21,000) in compensation to the adult victim and 100,000 to the boy.
The Palestinian, who was hit by a car as he fled, carried out the attack along with his 15-year-old cousin, who was shot dead by security forces.
— AFP
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