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Sunday, September 6, 2020
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Sunday, September 6, 2020
Palestinian teen caught with knife near Hebron’s Tomb of the Patriarchs
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleBorder Police officers arrest a Palestinian teenager after he was found in possession of a knife en route to the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the flashpoint West Bank city of Hebron, police say.
Border guards noticed the teenager acting suspiciously while passing through a checkpoint near the pilgrimage site and detained him for further investigation. During a pat-down the teenager “threw a knife on the floor that had been hidden on his person,” police say.
“The officers wrestled him to the ground and arrested him,” police say, identifying the suspect as a 16-year-old from Hebron.
Police say he is being interrogated to determine his motives for carrying the knife.
— Judah Ari Gross
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