First Beaten Black And Blue By Israel, Palestinian-US Teen Now Under Arrest
Last updated: Sunday, July 06, 2014 11:38 PM
Tariq Abu Khder is escorted by Israeli prison guards during an appearance at Jerusalem magistrate’s court on Sunday. – ReutersOCCUPIED JERUSALEM – A Jerusalem court ordered on Sunday that a Palestinian American teenager, who was beaten in police custody, be released to house arrest for nine days pending an investigation into stone-throwing allegations.
Tariq Abu Khder, 15, who holds US citizenship and lives in Florida, is a cousin of Mohammed Abu Khder, a 16-year-old Palestinian whose kidnap and murder by suspected Jewish extremists on Wednesday sparked four straight days of riots.
“He was given nine days house arrest in Beit Hanina for the duration of the investigation,” police spokeswoman Luba Samri said, following a hearing at Jerusalem Magistrates Court, referring to a neighbourhood of annexed Arab east Jerusalem.
Tariq, 15, was arrested on Thursday in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Shuafat during clashes between stone-throwers and Israeli riot police which erupted early on Wednesday.
According to his parents, he was beaten in police custody, provoking a sharp rebuke from the US State Department, which said it was “profoundly troubled” by the report.
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