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Palestinian teenager killed in West Bank clashes | |
(about 2 hours later) | |
A Palestinian teenager has been killed during clashes with Israeli troops in the West Bank. | |
Moataz Sharawna, 19, died after being shot and, according to Palestinians, subsequently hit by an army vehicle. | |
It followed confrontations between stone-throwing youths and soldiers in the village of Dura, south of the city of Hebron. | |
The Israel military said it was investigating the circumstances of Mr Sharawna's death. | |
A military spokeswoman confirmed that a young Palestinian man was shot. | |
"Palestinians hurled stones at security forces, which responded with crowd-control measures," the spokeswoman said. | "Palestinians hurled stones at security forces, which responded with crowd-control measures," the spokeswoman said. |
A Palestinian witness told the BBC that Mr Sharawna had been throwing stones and then climbed on top of an Israeli army jeep. | |
He said that soldiers fired at him and he was then run over by another army vehicle. | He said that soldiers fired at him and he was then run over by another army vehicle. |
Locals said that there was a large deployment of Israeli troops in Dura after the incident and that several checkpoints were set up. |
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