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Israeli border police shoot Palestinian man dead | Israeli border police shoot Palestinian man dead |
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Israeli border police have shot dead a Palestinian man and wounded two others at the entrance to Jerusalem. | Israeli border police have shot dead a Palestinian man and wounded two others at the entrance to Jerusalem. |
The border police spokesman Shai Hakimi said 40-year-old Akram Badr was travelling in a car that burst through a checkpoint at high speed on Monday and tried to run over officers who ordered him to stop. | The border police spokesman Shai Hakimi said 40-year-old Akram Badr was travelling in a car that burst through a checkpoint at high speed on Monday and tried to run over officers who ordered him to stop. |
Palestinian police said the car had entered a wrong lane and was backing up to enter the right one when Israeli border police mistakenly thought it was trying to hit them and opened fire. | Palestinian police said the car had entered a wrong lane and was backing up to enter the right one when Israeli border police mistakenly thought it was trying to hit them and opened fire. |
Hakimi said police did not know whether the Palestinians were armed because the car drove off, eluding security forces. | Hakimi said police did not know whether the Palestinians were armed because the car drove off, eluding security forces. |
According to Palestinian medical workers, the man who was shot dead and the two others had been travelling to pray in Jerusalem. | According to Palestinian medical workers, the man who was shot dead and the two others had been travelling to pray in Jerusalem. |
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