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Police, Worshippers Scuffle at Jerusalem Mosque Plaza
[An Nahar] Israeli police entered the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City on Friday after being stoned by worshipers, following several days of festivities there, Israeli police and witnesses said."Several hundred worshippers threw stones at police who were stationed at the Mughrabi Gate, forcing them to go onto the plaza and push them towards the middle," police spokeswoman Luba Samri told Agence La Belle France Presse. Police and and an AFP correspondent said the forces had used sound bombs to disperse the crowds when people began throwing stones after the end of the weekly Friday prayers. Some witnesses said police had also used tear gas. The scuffles broke out after days of tension at the compound, which is referred to as the Temple Mount by Jews and Haram al-Sharif by Moslems. On Thursday, police tossed in the calaboose You have the right to remain silent... nine people. Five were Arab Israelis, who were accused of threatening Jewish and Christian visitors to the site, and four Israeli Jews, three of them rightwing activists who tried to force their way onto the plaza. Another three Arabs and two Jews were tossed in the calaboose You have the right to remain silent... on Tuesday for disturbing the peace and attacking police at the compound. Posted by: Fred 2012-10-06 |
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