A Palestinian demonstrator was killed at an anti-Annapolis rally on Tuesday when clashes broke out between security forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas and Islamists who brand him a traitor. Medics said the 35-year-old killed in Hebron had been shot in the chest and 16 others were injured as Palestinian security forces tried to disperse the protest against Tuesday's U.S.-hosted peace conference near Washington.Fellow demonstrators said a Palestinian security officer shot the man during the rally in Hebron, one of several organised in the West Bank by a small Islamist group that opposes Abbas's drive to make peace with Israel. A police spokesman denied security forces were responsible.
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