IDF shoots Palestinian car at checkpoint; 1 killed
Border Police officers on Sunday night fired upon a
Palestinian vehicle traveling towards a checkpoint at the entrance to the A-Zaim
checkpoint near Jerusalem. A Border Police spokesman said the driver failed to
stop the car following repeated warnings by the officers.
Palestinian medical services evacuated two Palestinians
to a Ramallah hospital, while a third, who suffered severe injuries, was rushed
to Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem's Ein Kerem. The man
eventually died of his wounds.
A Border Police officer that was lightly injured from
shrapnel was taken to Hadassah University Medical Center on Jerusalem's Mount
Scopus.
A spokesman for the Border Police stated that the
Palestinians "had intent to harm the officers." According to
Palestinian medical workers, the men were traveling to pray in Jerusalem.
Forces were searching the vehicle and opened an
investigation into the incident.
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