Muhmad Sinqart, the 16-year-old Arab teenager who sustained critical injuries while rioting in the Shimon HaTzaddik (Wadi Joz) area of the eastern capital on erev Shabbos 10 Elul, died of his injuries on Sunday 12 Elul.

The young man died in Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital from injuries sustained on Friday. Police report a rubber coated bullet was fired at his leg during the rioting. As a result, he lost his balance and fell to the ground and sustained a head injury.

The family however has a different version, reporting that he was hit in his head from the police gunfire.

Police in the capital remain on high alert fearing a resumption of Arab violence in response to the death of the teen.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)