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Palestinian man arrested after he tried to snatch soldier’s weapon in West Bank
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJudah Ari Gross is The Times of Israel's religions and Diaspora affairs correspondent.
A Palestinian man tries to grab a gun from a soldier near the city of Jericho in the West Bank, the military says.
The Palestinian man is arrested with no Israeli injuries reported, the IDF says.
Police say the theft was thwarted when a passing cop saw the soldier struggling on the floor of a bus stop with the suspect.
The police officer stopped his vehicle and realized the soldier had been attacked with pepper spray in the course of the attack.
Police say the officer intervened in the scuffle and arrested the suspect, who was then taken for questioning.
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