UPDATED: TERROR TEEN

Boy carrying 5 bombs detained

IDF forces apprehend a 15-year-old Palestinian boy carrying five pipe bombs at the Hawara roadblock south of the West Bank town of Nablus; Soldiers’ suspicions aroused by boy’s jacket By Efrat Weiss

TEL AVIV - A 15-year-old Palestinian boy carrying five pipe bombs was detained by IDF forces at the Hawara roadblock south of the West Bank town of Nablus.

The boy aroused the troops’ suspicions after approaching the Hawara roadblock wearing a jacket, despite the hot weather. The soldiers instructed the boy to remove his jacket, at which point he lit a match in an attempt to detonate the explosives, the army said. However, the soldiers were able to overcome the youngster, who was subsequently taken in for interrogation by security authorities.

Meanwhile, sappers have been dispatched to the scene and are working to neutralize the explosive devices.

A 15-year-old boy was detained at the same checkpoint only three months ago. In that case, the youngster was carrying a bag containing an explosive belt, an improvised weapon, and 20 bullets. During his interrogation, the boy said he was asked to hand over the bag to a man on the other side of the roadblock.

WAIT, IT GETS BETTER. APPARENTLY THE KID WANTED TO GET ARRESTED SO HE COULD PASS HIS HIGH SCHOOL EXAMS IN AN ISRAELI PRISON:

Hassan may have wanted to be detained by the army in order to do his high-school matriculation exams in an Israeli prison, says his brother Amar. “There’s a rumor among youngsters that it’s easier to succeed in Israeli jails,” he told Ynet. “Many boys were detained at roadblocks with weapons, in order to do the tests in jail.

Family friends said Hassan’s father was very strict with his son, who was not succeeding in school. Therefore, they estimate, the boy attempted to incriminate himself at the roadblock. “Hassan thought that now he would be with his friends, who were detained in recent weeks, and that way they could study and succeed together,” one acquaintance said.