Saturday, June 17, 2006
YNet: 2 teenage girls escape kidnapping attempt
Three Palestinians from Jenin try to force teens into car at gunpoint at West Bank bus station; girls resist abduction, one teen sustains light injuries in incident. Gunmen apprehended following pursuit carried out by IDF forces
Two Israeli teenage girls escaped a kidnapping attempt Thursday at a hitchhiking post located at the Rahelim Junction in Samaria.
An initial investigation carried out by the IDF revealed that three Palestinians from Jenin arrived by car to the bus station and tried forcing the girls into the car at gunpoint.
The two resisted and one of the girls, 15-year-old Emuna Shachar of Jerusalem, sustained light injuries as a result. The gunmen were apprehended following a pursuit carried out by IDF forces...