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Wednesday, August 9, 2017
Knife-carrying Palestinian arrested at Hebron checkpoint
A Palestinian man who approached Border Police officers in the West Bank city of Hebron armed with a knife has been arrested, police say.
Officers guarding a checkpoint near the Tomb of the Patriarchs pointed their weapons at the suspect, as he threw the knife to the ground.
He was arrested and taken for questioning.
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