Palestinian minor with knife detained at checkpoint near Jerusalem

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Palestinian workers stream into the Qalandiya checkpoint in northern Jerusalem on April 16, 2019. (Adam Rasgon/Times of Israel)
Palestinian workers stream into the Qalandiya checkpoint in northern Jerusalem on April 16, 2019. (Adam Rasgon/Times of Israel)

Police say a Palestinian minor who was acting suspiciously near the Qalandiya checkpoint, north of Jerusalem, is detained and found to be carrying a knife.

“A civilian security guard manning the crossing together with a policeman… identified that the suspect was hiding a knife in his underwear,” a police spokesperson said.

Security forces fired into the air during the arrest of the Palestinian minor, a resident of the nearby village of al-Jib.

“The circumstances of the incident are under review,” police add.

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