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| Palestinian gunman kills 3 Israelis at West Bank settlement |
| 2017-09-27 |
| [DAWN] A Paleostinian shot up Israeli security personnel at the entrance to a West Bank settlement on Tuesday, killing three and wounding another before being rubbed out, police said. "A terrorist who arrived at the rear gate of Har Adar along with Paleostinian labourers entering the settlement.... pulled out a weapon and shot up the force at the site," police said. "Three Israelis were killed in the attack, another was maimed and the terrorist was neutralised." Police later said the Paleostinian had died of his wounds. The shooter was identified by police as a 37-year-old man from Beit Surik, a Paleostinian village near Har Adar, who carried a work permit for the settlement. As he approached the checkpoint at the entrance to Har Adar, he aroused the suspicion of security forces, who ordered him to halt, police said. He then pulled out a pistol and opened fire on border police and civilian security guards, before being shot. The maimed Israeli was admitted to Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem at death's door, the hospital said. The incident, at a settlement northwest of Jerusalem that lies near several Paleostinian villages, comes nearly two years after a wave of unrest broke out. The violence had greatly subsided in recent months. |
| Posted by:Fred |