Police: Two e. J'lem youths arrested for planning kidnapping
By JPOST.COM STAFFPublished: DECEMBER 14, 2008 14:19Advertisement
Two teenagers from east Jerusalem were arrested recently for planning to kidnap security personnel to use as bargaining chips in a prisoner swap deal, police announced on Sunday.
The two were from Ussiwiya, which is near the French Hill neighborhood of Jerusalem, and were picked up in a joint operation conducted by Israel Police and the Shin Bet.
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