A Jerusalem court convicts a 14-year-old Palestinian on Tuesday of the attempted murder of two Israelis in a knife attack last October.
The Jerusalem District Court also found Ahmed Manasra guilty of inflicting severe injury in the attack he carried out at the age of 13 along with a 15-year-old cousin, officials say.
The two stabbed and seriously wounded a 20-year-old and a 12-year-old boy in the Jewish neighborhood of Pisgat Ze’ev in Jerusalem.
Hassan, the cousin, was shot dead by security forces, while Ahmed was hit by a car as they fled.
The trial is held behind closed doors because of Manasra’s age.
— AFP, Times of Israel staff
Attorney Tareq Barghout (L) is seen with his client, 13-year old suspected terrorist Ahmed Manasra, at Jerusalem District Court on October 25, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
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