Palestinian motorist described tempers fraying earlier at the checkpoint before shooting
Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian motorist in the occupied West Bank on Sunday during what a witness said was a scuffle at a crowded checkpoint, with the Israeli army saying the man had tried to grab a soldier’s gun.
Relatives said both father and son worked in construction and had been driving together to their jobs. A Palestinian motorist, who said he had witnessed Sunday’s shooting, described tempers fraying earlier at the checkpoint, with drivers honking horns in impatience as they waited. A statement from an Israeli army spokesperson said troops had “identified a suspicious vehicle which refused to stop for a routine inspection” and had “used riot dispersal means in order to detain one of the suspects in the vehicle”.
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