[IsraelTimes] Teenager armed with Molotov cocktail hit by police gunfire; separately, man shot as vehicle speeds toward Border Police
Two residents of East Jerusalem were shot and badly maimed by police after attempting to attack officers in separate incidents on Friday night, police said.
In the Paleostinian neighborhood of Shuafat, a vehicle accelerated toward Border Police officers and "tried to injure them," police said in a statement. The officers shouted at the driver to halt, then fired live rounds at the vehicle when it continued driving at them, police said.
A passenger in the vehicle, a Paleostinian man in his 20s, was severely maimed by the gunfire and evacuated from the scene for treatment. The driver and a third man in the vehicle were arrested. The vehicle had fake license plates and officers were investigating the incident, police said.
During the arrests, other assailants threw stones at the officers, who responded with riot dispersal measures, police said. None of the Israeli officers were maimed.
Border Police had entered the neighborhood after a three-year-old girl was severely injured in a fall from a balcony. She was brought to a hospital, where she was declared dead, police said.
Shortly after, in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, Border Police officers shot a suspect who was attempting to throw a Molotov cocktail at them, police said. The 15-year-old suspect was badly maimed and taken for medical treatment.
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