Undercover Border Police officers killed a wanted Palestinian during an overnight raid in the West Bank, a police spokesperson says.
Police say the officers had sought to arrest the Palestinian, who was suspected of terror activity and weapons dealing in the village of Wadi al-Far’a near Tubas.
“The undercover force covertly approached the wanted man, who tried to escape from the troops, who in response fired shots at his lower body and then arrested him,” the spokesperson says.
The wanted man was later declared dead by medical officials who were treating him, according to police.
Police say the officers found a hunting rifle and other military equipment at the building where the suspect had been.
In a separate overnight raid, police say undercover officers detained a terror suspect in Jericho and took him to the Shin Bet for questioning.
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