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Boy faces murder rap as Israeli gun attacks mount

THE 13-year-old Palestinian boy who was attacked by an Israeli mob after being run over was charged yesterday with attempted murder.

Israel’s Jerusalem District Court indicted Ahmed Manasra over an alleged October 12 attack on two Israelis in East Jerusalem in which his cousin Hassan Manasra was shot dead by police.

Two Israelis, one aged 13, were injured in the attack near the illegal Pisgat Zeev settlement.

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