East Jerusalem Boys Identify Abu Khdeir Suspects

posted on: Jan 31, 2015

Seven-year-old East Jerusalem schoolboy Mousa Zallum, who survived a kidnapping attempt in July 2014, and his 8-year-old brother Yahya on Wednesday identified the alleged Jewish extremists who attempted to kidnap Mousa.

The two recognized by the Zallum boys are accused of kidnapping and murdering 16-year-old Muhammad Abu Khdeir from the same neighborhood only a day after they failed to kidnap Zallum while he was walking next to his mother Dina Zallum.

“I heard the sound of a car braking as it entered Shufat. Then I heard the voice of Mousa shouting for help and calling out to me,” Dina told the Israeli human rights group Btselem on July 7. With the help of his mother and his screams, which alerted passersby, Zallum escaped and the attackers fled the scene.

The defense attorney asked the boys several questions focusing on small details in an attempt to find discrepancies in their testimonies, family members who attended the hearing told Ma’an. They said that in most of the details the boys gave similar information.

They both confirmed that the suspect assaulted Mousa and grabbed him by the throat before he tried to throw him into the car. Their mother then intervened by attacking the settler in the head and pulled Mousa back, the boys told the court.

Source: www.maannews.net