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| Mourning, And Rioting, Over Death In Jerusalem | Mourning, And Rioting, Over Death In Jerusalem |
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| JERUSALEM — As police tear gas wafted through his East Jerusalem neighborhood, the father of a slain 16-year-old Arab, the possible victim of a Jewish revenge attack, mourned with friends who had come to console him Wednesday on the enclosed porch of his two-story stone house. He had just spent seven hours with police investigators. | |
| “I don’t expect any results,” the father, Hussein Abu Khdeir, 48, said of the investigation into the abduction and killing of his son Muhammad that morning. | “I don’t expect any results,” the father, Hussein Abu Khdeir, 48, said of the investigation into the abduction and killing of his son Muhammad that morning. |
| He said he had not been allowed to see his son’s body, apparently because it had been burned. Investigators identified it by matching DNA samples taken from the saliva of both parents. | He said he had not been allowed to see his son’s body, apparently because it had been burned. Investigators identified it by matching DNA samples taken from the saliva of both parents. |
| The killing came a day after three Israeli teenagers, abducted and killed in the occupied West Bank last month, apparently by Palestinian militants, were buried in Israel, with mournful ceremonies punctuated by collective grief. Israeli calls for a tough response raised fears that the vendetta cycle between Israelis and Palestinians would only escalate. | The killing came a day after three Israeli teenagers, abducted and killed in the occupied West Bank last month, apparently by Palestinian militants, were buried in Israel, with mournful ceremonies punctuated by collective grief. Israeli calls for a tough response raised fears that the vendetta cycle between Israelis and Palestinians would only escalate. |
| Word of Muhammad’s death, coming just as the monthlong Ramadan holiday started, set off rioting in the family’s normally quiet neighborhood of Shuafat, with Palestinian youths hurling rocks at the police, who responded with tear gas and stun grenades. It was a marked contrast to the quiet mourning underway in the house. Members of the family used a hose to spray away the tear gas outside. | Word of Muhammad’s death, coming just as the monthlong Ramadan holiday started, set off rioting in the family’s normally quiet neighborhood of Shuafat, with Palestinian youths hurling rocks at the police, who responded with tear gas and stun grenades. It was a marked contrast to the quiet mourning underway in the house. Members of the family used a hose to spray away the tear gas outside. |
| In an interview on his porch, Mr. Abu Khdeir, who owns an appliance store, said he had been awakened in the early hours by local youths who came to tell him that his son had been abducted outside the neighborhood mosque, just a few yards away. He then called the police, who asked for the son’s cellphone number. It rang, unanswered. Hours later a body was found in a Jerusalem forest. | In an interview on his porch, Mr. Abu Khdeir, who owns an appliance store, said he had been awakened in the early hours by local youths who came to tell him that his son had been abducted outside the neighborhood mosque, just a few yards away. He then called the police, who asked for the son’s cellphone number. It rang, unanswered. Hours later a body was found in a Jerusalem forest. |
| Mr. Abu Khdeir, who has three sons and four daughters — Muhammad was the middle son — said he expected that the body would be returned to the family on Thursday and that an autopsy would be conducted, with a Palestinian doctor present. | Mr. Abu Khdeir, who has three sons and four daughters — Muhammad was the middle son — said he expected that the body would be returned to the family on Thursday and that an autopsy would be conducted, with a Palestinian doctor present. |
| Israeli officials have denounced Muhammad’s death as a despicable act but have urged caution in rushing to judgment on who was responsible. | Israeli officials have denounced Muhammad’s death as a despicable act but have urged caution in rushing to judgment on who was responsible. |
| Mr. Abu Khdeir showed visitors photographs, on his cellphone, that he said were from street security cameras near the mosque. One showed two young men on the pavement, whom he said were the kidnappers. | Mr. Abu Khdeir showed visitors photographs, on his cellphone, that he said were from street security cameras near the mosque. One showed two young men on the pavement, whom he said were the kidnappers. |
| His wife, Suha Abu Khdeir, sat separately, quiet and tearful, in the house’s upper floor, surrounded by women who had come to comfort her. | His wife, Suha Abu Khdeir, sat separately, quiet and tearful, in the house’s upper floor, surrounded by women who had come to comfort her. |
| “We don’t feel safe,” she said. “They took him in front of our home.” | “We don’t feel safe,” she said. “They took him in front of our home.” |