Abducted gay

Palestinian police have arrested a suspect in the killing of a year-old man after his body was found abducted gay in the occupied West Bank. Video of the murder scene in Hebron has spread widely on social media raising speculation about the motive, but police say nothing is confirmed.

LGBTQ groups say he had spent two years in Israel waiting on an asylum claim to flee abroad after receiving death threats from within his community. Israeli media quote friends of the victim as saying he was kidnapped to the West Bank. His family, however, said he regularly visited Hebron to see them and to work.

They described the claims about the motive as rumour. Homosexuality is rejected within the most abducted gay and religiously conservative parts of both Palestinian and Israeli societies but gay people in Israel can freely lead their lives. The reports suggest he had fled his home on a humanitarian permit while hoping to go to Canada.

A presenter for Karama radio station, quoted by the Times of Israel, said the crime had "crossed every single red line in our society, whether in terms of morals, customs, or basic humanity". Some 90 Palestinians who identify as LGBT currently live as asylum seekers in Israel, the newspaper said, after suffering discrimination in their home communities.

They have only been allowed to seek work in Israel since July. Skip to content. Share Save. It is not clear how Ahmad Abu Marhia ended up in his home city of Hebron.

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It is unclear for now how Mr Abu Marhia ended up in the city. Palestinians also expressed revulsion at the beheading. West Bank.