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Palestinian group claims Jerusalem digger attack
(AKI) - A man identifying himself as a member of the self-proclaimed Palestinian group, Ahrar al-Jalil, on Friday claimed responsibility for the bulldozer attack in West Jerusalem in a telephone call to Palestinian news agency Maan. In a statement, Ahrar al-Jalil - or Free men of Galilee - claimed the bulldozer driver, 26-year-old Mari al-Rdaidah, was one of its members. The little-known group has also claimed responsibility for three other similar attacks in the city over the past year, according to Maan. Al-Rdaidah was shot dead by police after the bulldozer he was driving rammed a police car, causing it to flip over several times as the digger sped down a West Jerusalem road, dragging the car behind it. Two policemen were injured in the incident, which occurred on Jerusalem's main Begin Highway. An Israeli taxi driver said he also shot al-Rdaidah four times before police arrived. The family of al-Rdaidah, who was married with a child, have denied Israeli claims that the collision was a terrorist attack, saying it was an accident. He was a resident of the West Jerusalem suburb of Beit Hanina, which was annexed by Israel in 1967. Posted by: Fred 2009-03-08 |
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