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Palestinian shot throwing Molotov cocktail at troops — IDF
[IsraelTimes] No Israeli soldiers injured in Molotov cocktailing outside Ramallah; in Jerusalem, police arrest Arab man with a knife.Israeli soldiers shot and maimed a Paleostinian man as he threw a Molotov cocktail at their position outside Ramallah on Thursday, the army said. The troops had been guarding in Birzeit, north of Ramallah, when the assailant hurled the Molotov cocktail at them, an Israel Defense Spokesperson said. "Responding to the threat, forces fired toward the attacker," the army said. No Israeli troops were maimed in the incident. The Paleostinian man was shot in the leg, according to Paleostinian media. He received medical treatment and was taken into custody, the army said. According to the Ma’an news outlet, he had been part of a group of Paleostinian students demonstrating to mark the 12th anniversary of Paleostinian Authority president Yasser Arafat’s death. Around the same time, in Jerusalem, security guards apprehended an Arab man who was carrying a knife at a light rail station, the police said. The guards at the French Hill rail station noticed the man, who "aroused their suspicion." They, along with coppers who were at the scene, searched the suspect and found a large, wood-handled knife in his coat, police said. The suspect is 28 years old and is a resident of East Jerusalem’s Shuafat refugee camp. He was taken to a cop shoppe in the center of Jerusalem for interrogation, the police said. "The motive is being investigated," a police spokesperson added. Posted by: trailing wife 2016-11-11 |
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