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Israeli Police Kill Palestinian Laborer

   VOA News 03 October 2010

   Israeli border officials say police have shot and killed a Palestinian
   laborer  who  was detained while entering east Jerusalem from the West
   Bank.

   Israeli  police  say the man was among a group of Palestinians who had
   crossed over into East Jerusalem Sunday.

   Details of the incident are unclear. Israeli officials say the man was
   shot when he tried to grab the police officer's gun.

   But an Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, reports the police officer said the
   gun misfired, causing the Palestinian's death.

   In  September,  riots  erupted  in East Jerusalem after Israeli police
   shot dead a Palestinian protester.

   Israel captured East Jerusalem along with the West Bank from Jordan in
   the 1967 war.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and AFP.

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