Jewish Youths Guilty Of Palestinian Teen Murder

Two Jewish youths have been found guilty of murdering a Palestinian teenager in revenge for the killing of three Israeli youths.

Mohammed Abu Khudair was taken from his home in east Jerusalem in July 2014.

After being forced into a car, he was driven to a forest where he was beaten with a tyre iron and then set on fire.

Three defendants, including two minors, confessed to the abduction, bludgeoning and burning of the 16-year-old Arab.

His death was described as revenge for the murder of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank by Hamas militants.

An Israeli court on Monday delayed the verdict against a third defendant, 31-year-old Yosef Haim Ben David, pending a psychological report.

The Palestinian teenager's brutal murder last year triggered violence in the Arab suburb of Shuafat in Jerusalem after news spread of the discovery of his body.

His father today slammed the trial as "a lie" during an interview with Israeli Army Radio.

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