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Watch: The moment suspect attempted to set 12-year-old on fire
Arutz Sheva ^ | 11/2/26

Posted on 02/11/2026 6:22:41 AM PST by Eleutheria5

nvestigators from the Etzion Police Station completed their investigation into the shocking incident that occurred earlier this month, in which a man in his 30s from Jerusalem attempted to set a 12-year-old child on fire during a ride on a public bus on Highway 375, near Beitar Illit.

In the footage, the suspect is seen approaching the child, confirming his identity, and pulling out a plastic bottle filled with flammable material that he had prepared beforehand.

The video shows the suspect pouring the liquid onto the child's body and attempting to set him on fire with a lighter, while the child tries to fend him off.

The investigation revealed meticulous planning. The suspect admitted that the motive for the act was a strained relationship with the child's father, whom he knew from the synagogue in their neighborhood.

The suspect arrived the night before the incident at a gas station in Jerusalem and filled the bottle with flammable liquid. During his interrogation, he admitted that he initially considered kidnapping the child and locking him up, but ultimately decided to set him on fire in order to "cause great distress to his family."

The bus driver, who saw what was happening in the rearview mirror, immediately stopped the bus on Highway 375 and opened the doors to allow the frightened passengers to flee the vehicle for fear of a mass fire.

The suspect tried to flee towards open fields, but a fighter from the IDF’s "Hatz Yehuda" unit, who was in the area along with an IDF force, chased him down and arrested him shortly afterward.

Yesterday, a prosecution statement was filed against the suspect...

(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: Humor; Local News; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: 12yo; beitar; joooonjooo; setfire2onbus
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What a relief. Just a squabble at a synagogue./sarc
1 posted on 02/11/2026 6:22:41 AM PST by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5

Deep evil


2 posted on 02/11/2026 6:24:26 AM PST by Skwor
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To: Eleutheria5

No muslims involved?

Odd …


3 posted on 02/11/2026 7:02:27 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (No American Blood for censorious socialist islamophiles!)
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To: Uncle Miltie

No muslims involved?

Odd …


Well, I doubt God would identify this individual as a jew either.


4 posted on 02/11/2026 7:03:39 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: PeterPrinciple

Yeah, prolly igniting a boy is not in G-d’s plan.

See Avraham and Isaac.


5 posted on 02/11/2026 7:15:32 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (No American Blood for censorious socialist islamophiles!)
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To: Uncle Miltie

See Avraham and Isaac.


I don’t think you get the point. Never learn anymore out of a lesson than there is to learn................


6 posted on 02/11/2026 7:25:59 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: PeterPrinciple

It’s half a joke.

Lighten up, Francis!


7 posted on 02/11/2026 7:30:17 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (No American Blood for censorious socialist islamophiles!)
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To: Uncle Miltie

I got it.


8 posted on 02/11/2026 7:35:46 AM PST by BipolarBob (Homer: A doughnut in each hand is a balanced diet.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

The kid’s father had a beef with the perp in synagogue, so the perp took it out on the kid. Couldn’t he just jump daddy in the alleyway and rearrange his face with a broken bottle, like a normal synagogue-attending sociopath?


9 posted on 02/11/2026 7:55:20 AM PST by Eleutheria5 ("America can be summed up in one word: Asmpfutehehepfpfutehe")
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To: Eleutheria5

Beitar Ilit is in Judea (West Bank).


10 posted on 02/11/2026 7:56:46 AM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: Eleutheria5

lol!!!


11 posted on 02/11/2026 9:17:19 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (No American Blood for censorious socialist islamophiles!)
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