Six held over Palestinian teen burned alive

Israel has arrested six Jewish suspects over the murder of a Palestinian teenager who was abducted and burned alive last week — a crime that set off a wave of violent protests in Arab sections of the country.

Leaders of the Jewish state appealed for calm amid signs the attack was revenge for the killings of three Israeli teenagers.

“We will not allow extremists; it doesn’t matter from which side, to inflame the region and cause bloodshed,” prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a televised statement. He promised to prosecute the perpetrators to the full extent of the law.