US teen beaten by Israeli police
A AP amily mem ers have identified the Palestinian-American teen who was rutally eaten y sraeli police on Thursday while he was visiting on summer vacation.
ifteen year old ari bu hdeir, ho is from altimore, had recently mo ed to am a and as isitin family in e rusalem n cell hone ideo circulatin around the nternet, olice can be seen beatin ari , e en ic in him in the head
hey brutally beat him, said hdeir’s mom, Suha bu hdeir
ou can see the ideo of them really stom in on his face, hdeir said
he beatin alle edly occurred on hursday, only one day after ari ’ s year old cousin ohammed bu h deir as found burned to death in a forest near his home in est erusalem
ohammed’s death s ar ed outra e bet een sraeli olice and alestinian acti ists
sraeli olice said an in esti ation is still under ay and they ha e not yet de termined ho illed ohammed or hy alestinians ha e accused sraeli e trem ists of illin him to a en e the deaths of three sraeli teens ho had been abducted and illed in the est an
ari as amon the demonstrators, but his family members said he is not io lent hey ere ust on a acation his is a id ust li e any other id here, said ari ’s cousin, Sal bu hdeir
e’s out of school and ants to see his family
ari ’s aunt, atima hdeir, said she couldn’t reco ni e him in ictures after the beatin
started cryin bro e into tears couldn’t belie e hat ha ened to his face, his mouth
sraeli olice claim ari as found ith a slin shot on him and attac ed o lice officers, but his family said that’s not true ari ’s family members are tryin to et him medical treatment and ha e called on the US State e artment to inter ene
he de artment condemned the assault and officials from the US Consulate has isited the teena er in the hos ital
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