A 14-year-old Palestinian boy has been sentenced to 12 years in prison on Monday for his part in a stabbing attack that wounded two Israelis in October last year.
The boy "Ahmed Manasra," carried out the attack in an Israeli settlement north of Jerusalem along with his 15-year-old late cousin. He was shot and killed by an Israeli passerby, while Manasra was wounded.
It was one of the first stabbings in a months-long wave of violence that caused alarm across Israel. The attack seriously wounded a 12-year-old Israeli boy who was riding on his bicycle and lightly injured a man. Both have recovered.
At the time, the incident caused widespread controversy because the Palestinian authorities accused Israel of killing both attackers. They subsequently discovered that the younger boy, sentenced on Monday, was still alive and being treated for his injuries in an Israeli hospital.
In passing sentence, the Jerusalem District Court barred the naming of the boy because he is a minor. But his identity has already been exposed by Israeli authorities and the Palestinian Prisoners' Association issued a press release naming him.