Tensions mounted in Jerusalem as a local Palestinian teenager was found dead early Wednesday in what some fear may have been a reprisal attack for the death of three Jewish Israeli teenagers abducted and killed in the West Bank.
The victim, identified at present only as a 17-year-old male from the neighborhood of Beit Hanina in north Jerusalem, was reportedly found in forrested area on the other side of town, west of Jerusalem.
Police began searching for the teen after his family reported him missing when he hadn't come home Tuesday night, Israeli media reported. Separtely, police received a call reporting someone being forcefully shoved into a car.
Additional details are currently under a court-imposed gag order barring Israeli media from reporting them.
Following a consultation of senior police officers, Jerusalem police chief Yosi Parienti said the investigation of the case was ongoing and that all motives were being explored. He urged residents to act with restraint and to refrain from jumping to conclusions.
Large numbers of police were deployed around Palestinian neighborhoods in the area in an attempt to maintain order.
A few short hours into the investigation, the motive for the boy's killing remained unclear. However, both politicians and residents quickly mobilized in response to the killing.
Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat isued a statement strongly condemning the murder, calling it a "horrible and barbaric act." Barkat called on all sides to exercise restraint.
Calling the incident "shocking", Justice minister Tzipi Livni said there would be "zero tolerance," and that the murderers will be found and tried.
"This is the difference between Israel and a terrorist organization," she wrote in a Facebook post, adding that those "seeking to turn Israel into a terrorist society" must be punished heavily.
The details of the boy's death grimly echo the killings of Eyal Yifrah, 19, Gil-Ad Shaer, 16, and Naftali Frenkel, 16, whose funerals Tuesday were attended by tens of thousands gripped by their dramatic story and tragic end.
As news of the Palestinian teen's death spread, disturbances broke out as residents threw stones in Beit Hanina and clashed with security forces that arrived on the scene.
Tensions were already boiling over in Jerusalem Tuesday night, as mobs of young extremists seeking revenge for the Jewish teenagers' deaths attacked Palestinians during protests that turned into violent riots in downtown Jerusalem.
Police extricated the Palestinians and arrested 48 people.
When the bodies of the Israeli teens were found Sunday evening, Israeli security forces went on heightened alert, fearing possible acts of reprisal by extremists.
Sobelman is a special correspondent. Parker reported from Los Angeles.
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