Breaking News: Clashes Break Out After Palestinian Teen's Body Found In Jerusalem.

The discovery of a Palestinian teen's body in Jerusalem early Wednesday triggered clashes between Israelis
and Palestinians, further inflaming tensions that spiked this week with the discovery of the bodies of three Israeli teens.

Israeli police say they are looking into whether the death in Jerusalem was a retaliation killing for the West Bank teens.

The body was discovered an hour after police were notified that a Palestinian teenager had been forced into a car in the Beit Hanina neighborhood of Jerusalem.

"We are concentrating on two things," Israeli police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said, "whether the two incidents are related, and we're looking into whether this is a crime or nationalistic."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for a speedy investigation to find "who is behind this despicable murder and the background to this act," according to a statement from his office.

"Prime Minister Netanyahu calls on all sides not to take the law into their own hands. Israel is a country of law and everyone is ordered to act according to the law."

"This is a horrible and barbaric act which I strongly condemn," Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat said of the death. "This is not our way and I am fully confident that our security forces will bring the perpetrators to justice. I call on everyone to exercise restraint."

Palestinian Aqsa TV was less cautious, reporting that Mohammad Abu Khedair, a 17-year-old from Jerusalem, was kidnapped in Jerusalem by settlers.

The teen's cousin Majdi Abu Khedair said whoever carried out the abduction was driving a car that had been used in a previous attempted abduction two days ago. "We blame the Israeli police for the kidnapping and killing of (Mohammad) and his burning," Khedair said. "The Israeli police and Israeli government should do the same as they have done in Hebron: Demolish and blow the settler houses who have done this crime."

The Israeli military destroyed the homes of the two suspects in the killings of the three Israeli teens.

As news of the boy's death spread, clashes broke out between Palestinian residents and Israeli security forces in Shuafat, a Jerusalem neighborhood, witnesses said.

Residents threw stones at Israeli security forces. The Israelis responded with occasional volleys of stun grenades or tear gas. A crew with the Palestinian Red Crescent said more than 50 Palestinians were injured.