Police say a young Palestinian woman who was shot and wounded in the leg as she rushed security guards at the Qalandiya checkpoint had a knife in her bag. Initial reports said that she tried to stab the guards.
According to police, the 18-year-old from village of Aqab approached the checkpoint on foot, entered inspection area for cars and then ran at the guards, who told her to stop multiple times.
The guards fired at her legs when she didn’t respond and continued to approach, police say, adding that sappers found a knife in her bag.
The woman is lightly injured, and received treatment at the scene from Magen David Adom paramedics.
Riots are now underway in the area of the checkpoint, and police are responding with riot dispersal measures.
— Ilan Ben Zion
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