A boy was shot and killed by a settler inside Tekoa settlement

A boy was shot and killed by a settler inside Tekoa settlement

A young man was killed this evening, Sunday, by a settler´s bullet after the young man tried to storm the Tekoa settlement in Bethlehem.

The Ministry of Health confirmed that the martyr is Mu´tasim Muhammad Talib Atallah (17 years), a resident of Harmala village, east of Bethlehem.

According to the Hebrew Ynet website, Mutassim was martyred while trying to carry out a stabbing attack, and that a security guard noticed him and shot him.

 He pointed out that there were no injuries among the settlers.

He announced raising the state of alert inside the settlement.