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(IsraelNN.com) Palestinian Authority (PA) police have arrested three members of a family from the Samarian village of Hijah, near Kalkilye, in connection with the torture and hanging death of a 15-year-old member of the family, whose lifeless body was found in a family storeroom.

At first, the PA authorities thought it was a domestic dispute or a criminal matter, but members of the boy's family said they killed him because he cooperated with Israeli authorities. PA security spokesman Adnan al Damairi said Thursday that the relatives will stand trial and that the investigation is continuing.