Israeli forces detain Palestinian student from Al Khadr near Bethlehem
Bethlehem, Ma'an, 21 April 2009
Israeli forces stormed Al-Khadr raided a home and took a university student after ransacking his property.
Eight militarized vehicles entered the south Bethlehem town at 3pm Tuesday and blocked off the Old City. They surrounded and broke into the home of Marzouq Issa looking for his 23-year-old son Ashraf who studies architecture at Palestine Polytechnic University in Hebron.
After being threatened Marzouq told soldiers that his son was not at home but out with friends. He was forced to call his son home where soldiers handcuffed him and drove him to an unknown location.
