Palestinian teen caught at checkpoint with explosives

A Palestinian teenager carrying a mortar shell and explosives was caught at an Israeli military checkpoint in the West Bank today, the Israeli army said.

Raed al-Nadi, 17, was apprehended during a routine search at the Hawara checkpoint south of the city of Nablus, about 17 miles from the border with Israel, carrying a mortar shell, three pipe bombs and a large quantity of metal fragments, an army statement said.