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Israeli police fatally shot an unarmed autistic Palestinian man in Jerusalem on Saturday on suspicion that he was carrying a weapon, Israeli and Palestinian media reported.
Axar.az reports citing foreign media that the victim is Eyad al-Halak, 32, from the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Wadi al-Joz.
The Palestinian paper said Halak had a "special needs" disability, while the Israeli newspaper Haaretz said the man attended and worked in a special-needs school just metres away from where he was killed.
"Police units on patrol there spotted a suspect with a suspicious object that looked like a pistol. They called upon him to stop and began to chase after him on foot. During the chase officers also opened fire at the suspect," Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said.
Date
2020.05.30 / 16:13
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Author
Axar.az
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