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Monday, August 17, 2015
From the Liveblog of
Monday, August 17, 2015
PA says Palestinian stabber shot in ‘cold blood’
The Palestinian Authority criticizes Israel after a border policeman shot and killed a Palestinian man who stabbed a second border policeman at the Tapuah Junction checkpoint in the West Bank. The Palestinian was shot “in cold blood,” a statement by the authority says, according to Israel Radio.
According to initial reports, the Palestinian approached the security personnel at the checkpoint south of Nablus and said that he was not feeling well and asked for water.
Border policemen at the scene where a Palestinian man attempted to stab an Israeli soldier and was shot dead, in Tapuach Junction,near Nablus, August 15, 2015. (Flash90)
When the soldiers indicated that he could come closer, he pulled out a knife and attacked them.
