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| Checkpoint guards shoot knife-carrying Palestinian woman | |
| 2016-07-27 | |
| [IsraelTimes] Police say suspect shot in the leg at Qalandiya crossing after running at security personnel, ignoring calls to halt. Israeli security guards the Qalandiya checkpoint north of Jerusalem shot a Paleostinian woman in the leg Tuesday after she charged at them and ignored calls to stop, police said. A police statement said a Paleostinian woman, roughly 18 years old from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Aqab, approached the checkpoint and walked into the inspection area for cars. She then ran at security guards "who told her to stop multiple times," When the woman ignored their warning, the guards shot at her legs, the statement said. The woman was lightly injured and Magen David Adom paramedics treated her at the scene. A police bomb disposal expert was called in to check the woman’s bag, and found a knife inside. After the incident, rioting broke out at the site, a key crossing between Jerusalem and Ramallah, the seat of the Paleostinian Authority. Police responded with riot-control munitions. Defense officials have pointed to a trend among some young Paleostinian women who, often due to personal problems, have in recent months attempted to commit suicide by staging knife attacks against soldiers and police with the expectation that they will be shot.
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