US bomb threat suspect has ‘serious’ condition

The lawyer for the Israeli suspect in the bomb threats on US Jewish community centers says her client suffers from a “very serious” medical condition that may have affected his behavior.

Galit Bash tells reporters outside a courthouse that the young man’s condition had prevented him from serving in the army or going to school. She says the medical condition could “affect the investigation.”

A Jewish Israeli teen is brought for a court hearing at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court, on suspicion of issuing fake bomb threats against Jewish institutions in the US and around the world, on March 23, 2017. (Flash90)
A Jewish Israeli teen is brought for a court hearing at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s Court, on suspicion of issuing fake bomb threats against Jewish institutions in the US and around the world, on March 23, 2017. (Flash90)

Police have banned publication of the man’s name, saying only that the 19-year-old is Jewish and a dual US-Israeli citizen.

— AP

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