Saturday, May 30, 2020

Israeli police shoot dead 'unarmed' Palestinian man in Jerusalem

Officers chased man suspected of carrying a pistol in Old City amid heightened tensions

Israeli police officers have shot dead a Palestinian they suspected was carrying a weapon in Jerusalem’s Old City, but the man was later found to have been unarmed, Israeli media reported.

“Police units on patrol spotted a suspect with a suspicious object that looked like a pistol,” the police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. “They called upon him to stop and began to chase after him on foot. During the chase officers also opened fire at the suspect.”

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from World news | The Guardian

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