(AP/Washington Post) - A Palestinian teenager who decided against blowing himself up in Jerusalem caused panic at a Ramallah security office when he went for help to disarm the explosives, officials said Monday. Palestinian security officials said the young man, 18, appeared at their office late last week and stripped off his jacket - revealing an explosives vest with a detonation switch at his neck. He said he was sent by Islamic Jihad in Jenin to blow himself up in Jerusalem. On the way, he had second thoughts. "I kept thinking of myself, of my family, and to be honest - I don't want to die," he was quoted as saying.
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