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Security guard who shot deaf Palestinian man detained for questioning
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA security guard at the Qalandiya checkpoint who shot a deaf Palestinian man in the leg on Monday morning has been detained for questioning, reports say.
The Palestinian man, who is in his 60s, walked on foot into an area that is designated only for cars, at the Jerusalem-area crossing, one of the West Bank’s busiest checkpoints and did not hear them calling for him to leave, police said.
After the fact, Border Police determined that the man did not heed the guards’ commands because he has hearing and speech problems, a police spokesperson said.
The Palestinian man was taken to Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center for treatment, a hospital spokesperson said.
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