No charges in shooting of Palestinian siblings at crossing

The State Prosecutor’s office says no charges will be filed against civilian guards who shot and killed a woman and her brother at the flashpoint Qalandiya crossing in the West Bank in April.

The 23-year-old woman threw a knife at the guards. Her 16-year-old brother was also found to have been carrying a knife.

A statement from the prosecutor says that one guard fired a shot at the woman as she drew the knife, and “as such he acted in self-defense.”

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