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    Israeli prosecutors demand life for ringleader in Abu Khdeir murder

    Israeli prosecutors on Tuesday demanded a life sentence for a Jewish man found to be the ringleader of a group that beat
    and burned alive a Palestinian Arab youth Mohammed Abu Khdeir in 2014, AFP reports.

    State prosecutor Uri Korb demanded that Israeli settler Yosef Haim Ben-David be given life for the killing of Mohammed Abu Khdeir, as well as 20 years for his kidnapping and an additional 15 years for other crimes.

    Ben-David had initially pleaded insanity but was ruled sane last month.