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| Israel detains teen queen for intended booming... |
| 2002-08-07 |
| A 16-year-old Palestinian girl was brought before an Israeli magistrate Tuesday on suspicion she planned to carry out a suicide bombing. The girl, whose named could not be published because of her age, shuffled into the courthouse, handcuffed and shackled. Wearing a bright pink shirt over a black T-shirt, she stumbled several times. She was picked up by police Tuesday in an Arab area in northern Jerusalem based on information received by Israeli intelligence that she was planning a suicide bombing, police spokesman Kobi Zrihen said. "She wasn't wearing any explosives when we found her," Zrihen said. Zrihen said she confessed to planning an attack after her arrest. Couldn't publish her name because of her age, but they did publish her picture, just in case people don't want to get too close to her in the future... Lawyer Leah Tzemel denied her client made any such admission, saying: "There was nothing for her to confess. They did not find a thing, half of a thing, on her. "There were no explosives, and that detonator could have been for anything..." "She told me that once, a while ago, someone offered her the chance to participate in an attack, at the time she was tempted, but did not accept," Tzemel said. She had a date that night... The court extended the teenager's detention until Friday. I don't think they believed Madam Lawyer... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |