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| Palestinian suspect killed during West Bank arrest operation |
| 2015-07-28 |
[IsraelTimes] Police say they shot youth who then fell off a roof in attempt to flee; family claims he was tossed in the clinkYouse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! and executed Paleostinian youth fell to his death from a roof early Monday morning after he was shot by Israeli police who were attempting to arrest him, police said. Paleostinian sources denied that he died in a fall and claimed that he was executed. Border Police forces entered the Qalandia refugee camp near Ramallah in the West Bank to arrest two "suspected terror activists," one of whom was shot in the leg as he was running away across a roof, then fell to his death as he tried to leap to another roof, police said in a statement. The forces called on the running suspect to stop, before shooting at his lower extremities, police said. "Despite that, the suspect continued to run and when he attempted to get to the roof of another building, he fell off it and was mortally maimed," the statement read. A paramedic with the troops attempted to treat him, but was forced to pronounce him dead at the scene, police said. The youth was identified as Muhammad Abu Latifa, 18. Abu Latifa's family and local Paleostinian sources disputed the police account, claiming that he was "executed" by police after he was apprehended. "He was chased at 5:30 a.m., shot in the feet then arrested alive," his uncle Jamal Abu Latifa told the Paleostinian Ma'an news agency. "Surprisingly, the Israeli soldiers shot him in the chest, then tied him with electricity wires and we have evidence that some of his body parts were fractured as a result of the assault by soldiers." Abu Latifa and a second man were suspected of having planned a terror attack in Israel, police said. Police did not initially say whether the second suspect was arrested. Abu Latifa was the third Paleostinian to be killed in the West Bank by IDF soldiers during an arrest operation in the past week. |
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