Israeli forces detain Hebron woman for ‘carrying knife’

Date: 10 / 05 / 2009 Time: 18:18

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Hebron – Ma’an – The Israeli military said it detained a young Palestinian woman in possession of a knife near the Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Bank city of Hebron.

Palestinian sources identified the woman as Wuroud Jawad Abu Sneineh, who was attempting to cross one of the Israeli military checkpoints in the area en route to her house in the Abu Sneineh neighborhood. She is being held at an unknown location.

Israeli forces frequently arrest young women near the Mosque on the grounds that they are carrying knives.

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extract from PIC article

In the West Bank, the Israeli occupation forces announced the arrest of four Palestinians with knives in their possession on Sunday.

The IOF command said that one of them was a Palestinian teenage girl who was held near the Ibrahimi Mosque in Al-Khalil. It identified the girl as Wurud Abu Sneine, adding that she was detained after the soldiers found a knife in her bag.

Three other young men were detained in Ramallah district.