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| Jerusalem teens indicted for firebombing police on Temple Mount |
| 2019-03-25 |
| [IsraelTimes] Suspects charged with throwing Molotov cocktail, shooting fireworks at cops earlier this month amid soaring tensions over sacred site. Prosecutors on Sunday indicted two Jerusalem teenagers for Molotov cocktailing a police post on the Temple Mount holy site in the capital’s Old City earlier this month. The suspects ‐ a 15-year-old and a 17-year-old ‐ were charged with four counts of terrorist activity: using a weapon for terrorist purposes, terrorist arson, aggravated terrorist assault and aggravated attempted assault on a police officer. The names of the teenagers and any identifying details have been barred from publication as they are minors. On March 12, a Molotov cocktail was thrown at officers standing guard on the Temple Mount, known by Moslems as the Haram al-Sharif, leading to several arrests and low-level festivities on the platform. Following the attack, police ordered the holy site closed until the following day, amid already high tensions at the site. According to prosecutors, the teenagers had decided on March 5 that they would carry out an attack on the Israeli security forces guarding the Temple Mount "from a nationalistic-ideological motivation." On March 12, one of the two teenagers approached the police post on the Temple Mount and threw the Molotov cocktail from approximately a meter away, setting fire to the reception desk, prosecutors said. One officer suffered smoke inhalation and sustained light wounds. The suspect bravely ran away from the officers, who began chasing him, and signaled to his friend with a thumbs up to set off fireworks at the coppers. "His friend lit the fireworks and fired them at the officers from a distance of 15 to 20 meters," according to prosecutors. The two teenagers were placed in durance vile Book 'im, Mahmoud! shortly after the attack, along with eight other people, as officers scuffled with worshipers. Prosecutors are requesting they remain in jug through the trial. |
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