Man Grabs Israeli Cop’s Gun Close to Al Aqsa Mosque, Is Shot Useless -Police
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A person detained by Israeli police close to a flashpoint mosque compound in Jerusalem on Saturday grabbed an officer’s gun and fired it, prompting the unit to shoot him useless, the drive stated on Saturday, describing the incident as a terrorist assault.
The incident on the Al Aqsa mosque compound, an icon of Palestinian nationalism, got here at a excessive level of Muslim attendance for the holy month of Ramadan.
The police assertion recognized the slain man as a 26-year-old resident of Hura, a Bedouin city in south Israel. There have been no police casualties, it added.
Reuters couldn’t instantly confirm the account independently.
Israeli-Palestinian tensions are simmering after months of violence in areas of Jerusalem and the occupied West Financial institution.
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