Chilling
NYT account, fullest I've seen, on the night those Israeli youths set out to kill (and burn) a Palestinian youth in vengeance attack. They searched for hours. And made sure they had handcuffs--and gasoline.
After forcing Muhammad into the car, a Hyundai, they sped off to a
forest near the western entrance to Jerusalem. Muhammad was dragged from
the vehicle and the adult bludgeoned him on the head a number of times
with a wrench. The adult then set Muhammad on fire with the help of one
of his young relatives. Leaving Muhammad to die, the three fled....
And:
The authorities were investigating reports that the adult driver and one
of the youths had tried to abduct a small Palestinian boy from the same
area of Shuafat the night before. Mousa Zaloum, 8, was later photographed
with red marks on his neck. In an interview with Channel 2 News in
Israel the boy said the would-be kidnappers had choked him with a rope.
Mousa’s mother struggled with the kidnappers, and her son escaped.
And:
A group of Israeli youth activists and residents who live near the
forest where Muhammad’s burned body was found erected a makeshift stone
monument there in his memory. It was later defaced, rebuilt and defaced
again.
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