Ahmed Manasra, a 13-year-old Palestinian is brought to a court in Jerusalem, Tuesday November 10, 2015
ISRAEL freed a Palestinian today who took part in an attack when he was 13 and developed schizophrenia in prison as requests for his early release were denied.
The Israeli authorities accused Ahmad Manasra of being a terrorist who tried to kill Jews of his own age.
However, Palestinians accuse Israel of subjecting a child to harsh incarceration that led to serious and potentially permanent mental illness. His lawyer, Khaled Zabarqa, said that Mr Manasra, now aged 23, had been released after completing his nine-and-a-half-year sentence.
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