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The occupation arrests a young man from the Old City of Jerusalem under the pretext of “possession of a knife”
December 28, 2015

The occupation forces arrested a Palestinian young man under the pretext of “possession of a knife” while walking in the Old City of Jerusalem. The occupation police said in a statement that the forces arrested a young man from the city of Al-Bireh under the pretext of “possession of a knife”. The police claimed that the forces stopped the young man and checked his ID during which he pulled out a knife out of his shirt; the forces arrested him and transferred him to the interrogation center in the Old City of Jerusalem. Witnesses explained that the forces assaulted the young man and pushed him while searching and arresting him; they also pointed their guns towards him while he was lying on the ground and under their control.