Hundreds of Palestinians clash with PA forces during protests against critic's death
Record ID:
1623863
Hundreds of Palestinians clash with PA forces during protests against critic's death
- Title: Hundreds of Palestinians clash with PA forces during protests against critic's death
- Date: 27th June 2021
- Summary: BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK (JUNE 27, 2021) (REUTERS) PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY FORCES RUNNING THROUGH GATE TOWARDS PROTESTERS, FIRING TEAR GAS, AS STONES BEING HURLED AT THEM FIRES BURNING ON THE TARMAC NEAR SECURITY FORCES LINE OF SECURITY FORCES BEHIND RIOT SHIELDS PROTESTERS HURLING STONES AT SECURITY FORCES RAMALLAH, WEST BANK (JUNE 27, 2021) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF HUNDREDS OF PALESTINIANS PROTESTING VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS SCUFFLING AMONGST THE CROWD MORE OF PROTESTS/CAMERAMAN'S CAMERA BEING PUSHED DOWN MORE OF PROTEST VARIOUS MORE OF SCUFFLES
- Embargoed: 11th July 2021 18:43
- Keywords: Nizar Banat Palestinian Authority Palestinians critic protests violence
- Location: BETHLEHEM AND RAMALLAH, WEST BANK
- City: BETHLEHEM AND RAMALLAH, WEST BANK
- Country: Palestinian Territories
- Topics: Middle East,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001EJ6G6RR
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Palestinians have protested for the fourth day running on Sunday (June 27) after one of President Mahmoud Abbas's biggest critics died in custody. Hundreds of angry youths joined the demonstration in Ramallah and Bethlehem in the West Bank on Sunday when police fired tear gas in Bethlehem and scuffles broke out amongst the crowds in Ramallah.
Nizar Banat had been arrested by PA forces who broke into a relative's house where he was staying in the early hours of Thursday and hit him repeatedly with a metal rod before arresting him, according to Banat's family.
Banat's death has sparked anger in the occupied West Bank and calls from the international community for an inquiry.
On Saturday, Palestinian security officers lined the streets and blocked protesters by hitting them with their fists and with clubs, Reuters video showed.
The spokesman for the PA security services, Talal Dweikat, said the committee investigating Banat's death had begun its work and urged people to wait for the results. He did not comment on Saturday's violence.
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