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Wednesday, October 19, 2016
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Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Police confirm would-be stabber, 19, shot dead
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePolice confirm the would-be stabber at the Tapuah Junction was shot dead.
They say she was a 19-year-old resident of the West Bank town of Asira ash-Shamaliya.
In a statement, police say border policemen spotted the woman approaching the checkpoint and shot in the air while ordering her to halt. Police say the woman refused to stop and took out a knife. Police subsequently opened fire and killed her, the statement says.
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