But the boy was pictured sitting up in bed at Jerusalem’s Hadassah University Hospital this morning. He was said to be recovering from light-to-moderate injuries received during his arrest.
The Israeli Prime Minister’s office released the photos to the media, including the Arab press.
Mansara his relative, 17-year-old Mohammed Mansara, attacked two Israelis in the Pisgat Zeev neighbourhood of Jerusalem, critically wounding a 13-year-old boy who was riding a bike, and also injuring a man his 20s.
He was hit by a car and critically injured when passers-by chased the two attackers. The second assailant was shot to death by police when he ran towards them refusing to drop his knife.