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| Paleos, police clash at Al-Aqsa mosque | |
| 2012-02-25 | |
“They threw stones towards the Maghrebi Gate and police went onto the plaza,” police spokeswoman Luba Samri told AFP, referring to the only entrance to the compound which can be used by non-Muslims. “There are now hundreds of people throwing stones.” Police said they had used only stun grenades against the demonstrators and that “dozens of people” had barricaded themselves inside the Al-Aqsa mosque. Palestinian officials confirmed an unspecified number of people had barricaded themselves inside the Al-Aqsa mosque as well as the golden-topped Dome of the Rock. “We are negotiating with the Israelis not to storm into the mosque or the Dome of the Rock and to let people out,” Sheikh Azzam al-Khatib, head of the Jerusalem Waqf, told AFP. Witnesses told AFP police had also fired tear gas, forcing a number of women to run for cover inside the Dome of the Rock. Police had no immediate number of those arrested but said several police officers had been hurt by stones and treated at the scene. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |