Militant on axe rampage kills boy, 13

AN axe-wielding Palestinian militant went on a rampage yesterday in a Jewish settlement in the West Bank, killing an Israeli 13-year-old boy and wounding a seven-year-old boy before fleeing.

The attack posed an important test for Israel’s new prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who has promised a firm hand against militants and expressed scepticism about prospects for peace.

Government spokesman, Mark Regev, called it a “senseless act of brutality against innocents”.