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Palestinian police kill a Palestinian man by mistake in Ramallah

author Thursday February 22, 2007 17:05author by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies Report this post to the editors

A Palestinian civilian was killed when a Palestinian police officer shot him by mistake in Ramallah on Thursday afternoon, sources from the Palestinian police force reported.

Palestinian Police in Action
Palestinian Police in Action

A Palestinian civilian was killed when a Palestinian police officer shot him by mistake in Ramallah on Thursday afternoon, sources from the Palestinian police force reported.

A Palestinian police officer opened fire at the wheels of a car that attempted to avoid a police roadblock which was set up to carry out routine car registration and insurance checks in downtown Ramallah. However, a bystander whose name remains unknown at this point was killed in the shooting.

Scores of the deceased man's relatives from the nearby Amari and Qadora refugee camps took to the streets and started throwing rocks at the police cars in the city center.

The clashes later escalated into gunfire, no injuries were reported. Palestinian police and and anti-riot security forces were deployed in the city and managed to contain the clashes.

category ramallah | miscellaneous | news report author email ghassanb at imemc dot org
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