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Settler shoots, kills Palestinian who allegedly hurled rocks at him
An Israeli from the West Bank settlement of Emmanuel on Tuesday shot and killed a Palestinian man from a neighboring village. The settler claims that he fired into the air after a group of Palestinians began hurling stones at his car while he was driving down Route 55. "Hey, Mahmoud! I gotta great idea! Let's take some rocks to a gunfight!" Police have located the gunman and detained him for questioning, after hours of searching for him. The settler had contacted police late Tuesday evening and told them that he had fired into the air in order to disperse a group of Palestinians throwing stones at his car. Nevertheless, it took police some time to track him down. The Samaria and Judea Police Department were notified around the same time they received the settler's call of a Palestinian found on the road with critical wounds. According to police, there is evidence to support the version that he had been under attack at the time of the incident. Stones were found around on the site and his car bore traces of rock damage. Police have opened an investigation into the matter. Earlier Tuesday, Israeli security forces shot a Palestinian man as he attempted to grab the gun of a Border Policeman in the Hebron Hills. The Palestinian died of his wounds in hospital shortly thereafter. The incident, which took place at the Tarkumiyah checkpoint in the West Bank, came amid high tensions over Israel's ongoing offensive against Hamas in Gaza. Also Tuesday, Palestinian militants opened fire on an Israel Defense Forces patrol near the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba early Tuesday, lightly wounding three soldiers. The wounded troops were evacuated to Jerusalem's Hadassah Ein Karem hospital for treatment. Posted by: Fred 2009-01-14 |
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