Settler protesters clash with police outside West Bank military base

Settler activists protesting the use of live fire by soldiers against rioters in the West Bank on Friday night clash with police officers in front of the Binyamin Regional Brigade military base.

The protesters outside the base demand that the military prosecute a battalion commander who was physically assaulted by the settlers, and did not use live fire contrary to their claims. In a separate incident that night, the commander of an army patrol fired warning shots after being ambushed by settlers hurling stones.

A security source says the protesters vandalized vehicles and used pepper spray outside the base.

Border Police officers use stun grenades to disperse the rioters.

Throngs of rioting settlers had attacked troops overnight Friday-Saturday near the Palestinian village of Kafr Malik, after the forces arrived there to prevent them from attacking the village and to clear them from a close military zone.

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