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Israeli troops kill Palestinian at militant's funeral in West Bank
Source: Reuters
World | Fri Apr 10, 2015 12:10pm EDT
Israeli troops kill Palestinian at militant's funeral in West Bank
HEBRON, WEST BANK
(Reuters) - Israeli troops killed a Palestinian stone-thrower and wounded several others in the occupied West Bank on Friday after a militant's funeral turned violent, hospital officials and witnesses said.
An army spokeswoman confirmed soldiers opened fire during the incident at Beit Omar, near the Palestinian city of Hebron, saying they had feared for their lives as protesters threw rocks and petrol bombs and rolled burning car tyres at them.
The slain 27-year-old Palestinian was a relative of the Islamic Jihad militant who was being buried. Their family said the militant had died of health problems that were neglected during his incarceration in an Israeli prison.
Israel's Prisons Service denied this and said the militant had been freed from custody three months ago.
Palestinian witnesses and medical officials said the Israeli troops fired both live and rubber bullets in Friday's incident.
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Israeli troops kill Palestinian at militant's funeral in West Bank
HEBRON, WEST BANK
(Reuters) - Israeli troops killed a Palestinian stone-thrower and wounded several others in the occupied West Bank on Friday after a militant's funeral turned violent, hospital officials and witnesses said.
An army spokeswoman confirmed soldiers opened fire during the incident at Beit Omar, near the Palestinian city of Hebron, saying they had feared for their lives as protesters threw rocks and petrol bombs and rolled burning car tyres at them.
The slain 27-year-old Palestinian was a relative of the Islamic Jihad militant who was being buried. Their family said the militant had died of health problems that were neglected during his incarceration in an Israeli prison.
Israel's Prisons Service denied this and said the militant had been freed from custody three months ago.
Palestinian witnesses and medical officials said the Israeli troops fired both live and rubber bullets in Friday's incident.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/10/us-israel-palestinians-violence-idUSKBN0N118R20150410
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