ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/VIOLENCE Palestinian shot dead by Israeli police during West Bank arrest raid

Record ID: 149294

  • Title: ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/VIOLENCE Palestinian shot dead by Israeli police during West Bank arrest raid
  • Date: 22nd July 2015
  • Summary: BRUQIN, WEST BANK (JULY 22, 2015) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE BODY OF PALESTINIAN MAN, MOHAMMED ALAWNEH
  • Embargoed: 6th August 2015 13:00
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  • Location: West bank
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  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA98ZH64XULG75G6WY3LOYPIRNS
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES
    Israeli security forces on an arrest raid in the occupied West Bank shot and killed a Palestinian on Wednesday (July 22) when clashes broke out with residents, Palestinian sources said.
    A Palestinian witness told Reuters Israeli forces entered the village to carry out arrests in the village of Bruqin and that residents threw stones at the Israeli troops.
    The witness did not want to give his name for fear of arrest.
    A spokeswoman for the Israeli military said soldiers and paramilitary border police carried out a joint operation, but had no further details on the circumstances of the shooting and said the military was looking into the incident.
    A Palestinian hospital official said Mohammed Alawneh was shot in his chest and taken to hospital where he died of his wounds. The witness said Alawneh picked up a stone to throw at a policeman and was then shot.
    Israeli troops enter Palestinian-controlled territory frequently to detain people suspected by Israel of militant activity. The Palestinians condemn this practice as an encroachment on the limited self-rule they hold in parts of the West Bank.
    The Palestinians want to establish a state in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza Strip, territories Israel captured in the 1967 Middle East war.
    U.S.-brokered peace talks between the sides broke down last year.
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