JERUSALEM: Jewish gunman shoots and wounds two Palestinians in East Jerusalem

Record ID: 376405

  • Title: JERUSALEM: Jewish gunman shoots and wounds two Palestinians in East Jerusalem
  • Date: 12th September 2009
  • Summary: JERUSALEM (SEPTEMBER 11, 2009) (REUTERS) AMBULANCE AND POLICE GATHERED AT SCENE WHERE JEWISH GUNMAN SHOT TWO PALESTINIANS IN JERUSALEM SIGN IN HEBREW ARABIC AND ENGLISH READING 'CITY OF DAVID' AREA OF SHOOTING ENCLOSED BY POLICE BLOOD STAIN ON THE FLOOR ISRAELI POLICE AND SOLDIERS AT THE SCENE OF THE SHOOTING POLICE AND RESIDENTS GATHERED AT THE SCENE CARS AND RESID
  • Embargoed: 27th September 2009 13:00
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  • Topics: Defence / Military
  • Reuters ID: LVAK33TIGJYHGE0O64K90KIZID
  • Story Text: Jewish gunman shoots and wounds two Palestinians in East Jerusalem, police say they arrested suspect.
    An Israeli gunman shot and wounded two Palestinians in East Jerusalem on Friday, and police arrested the suspect at the scene, a police spokesman said.
    The shooting occurred near the old walled section of Jerusalem where tensions have flared recently after Israel evicted two families and threatened to demolish dozens of homes it says were built illegally.
    Shmuel Ben-Ruby, an Israeli police spokesman in Jerusalem, said the gunman, 20, shot and wounded a 13-year-old boy and a 40-year-old man from Silwan, a mostly Palestinian neighbourhood.
    Both were shot and wounded lightly in the legs, he said.
    Police said the gunman had told them he opened fire after a group of Palestinians had either threatened or assaulted him.
    Palestinians protested the shooting by throwing stones at police and Jewish homes in Silwan, and a Palestinian man was injured by a rock thrown in that confrontation, Ben-Ruby added.
    East Jerusalem has been a key issue in stalled peace talks the United States has sought to revive, most recently through the efforts of President Barack Obama's envoy, George Mitchell, who was due to arrive on Saturday for a fresh round of talks.
    Israel annexed East Jerusalem as part of its capital after capturing it in a 1967 in a move not recognised internationally.
    Palestinians also want the city as capital of a future state.
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