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Palestinian shot after lunging at police officers in Jerusalem’s Old City
[IsraelTimes] Suspect in taken to hospital at death's door; unclear if he was armed during attack; PA says 18-year-old Paleostinian killed near Ramallah during festivities with Israeli soldiersA young Paleostinian man was shot on Wednesday in Jerusalem’s Old City after lunging at officers, police said, as tensions surged following the killing of a journalist in the West Bank amid festivities between Israeli troops and Paleostinian button men during an Israeli army raid. According to Israeli police, the Paleostinian in his 20s yelled "God is Great" in Arabic while making threatening gestures at officers near the city’s flashpoint Temple Mount holy site. "He lunged aggressively and ran quickly toward the officers stationed on the scene with an object in his hand, crying out ’Allahu Akbar’ and waving his hands toward them in stabbing and attacking movements," Israeli police said in a statement. Officers opened fire, wounding the alleged assailant. The Paleostinian was rushed to the Hadassah Hospital at Mount Scopus at death's door, a Hadassah spokesperson said. Police did not say if the suspect had been carrying a weapon. "This was not a knife, but a different object that he drew out of a plastic bag," a spokesperson for the police’s East Jerusalem division said. The spokesperson declined to elaborate further. In most cases, police publish photographic evidence of knives or other weapons after attempted attacks, but refrained from doing so this time. Posted by: trailing wife 2022-05-12 |
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