Israeli police arrest suspects in murder of Palestinian teen

Mohammed Abu Khdeir, 16, a Palestinian boy
 whose body was found in Jerusalem Forest. -

In a dramatic development, it was revealed Sunday that #Israeli police arrested six suspects in the murder of a #Palestinian #teen.

Police suspect that the motive behind the murder of 16-year-old Mohammed Abu Khdeir, whose body was found in the Jerusalem Forest last Wednesday, was nationalistic.

On Saturday, Palestinian Attorney General Muhammad Abd al-Ghani Uweili was quoted as saying that that a preliminary autopsy report showed soot in the victim's lungs and respiratory tract, indicating he was alive and breathing while he was being burnt.

Israeli police say the circumstances behind Abu Khdeir's killing remain unclear, but Palestinians believe he was kidnapped and killed by right-wing Israelis in revenge for the murder of three Israeli youths in the West Bank last month. Haaretz.