Israeli forces shoot, kill teen in Jerusalem after 2nd alleged attack
Oct. 4, 2015 9:41 A.M.
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An Israeli police spokesperson said Israeli forces “identified the suspect who still had knife in his hand, and Israeli forces then neutralized and shot” the man.
The 16-year-old is reportedly in moderate condition, according to Israeli media.
The Palestinian who was shot dead has been identified as Fadi Samir Mustafa Alloun , 19, from the occupied East Jerusalem village of al-Issawiya.
Alloun is the second Palestinian to be shot dead after allegedly stabbing Israelis in the Jerusalem’s Old City in the past 24 hours.
However, Alloun’s father has denied claims that his son tried to stab anyone before he was shot dead in the street, citing a video of the incident that has been circulating the internet.
“Videos from the scene show a group of settlers chasing my son and he was trying to run to an Israeli police patrol for protection,” the father told Ma’an.
The Israeli authorities, he said, will “make up pretexts to shoot and kill any Palestinian.”
The father added that Israeli police detained his son’s body without giving the family any details about how he was killed and where he was being detained.
He said his family was only made aware of their son’s death from media outlets.
Witnesses from the scene of the incident told Ma’an that a group of settlers surrounded Fadi and “wanted to kill him” then a police patrol arrived and shot him dead.
The incident took place just hours after another Palestinian was shot dead after he stabbed and possibly opened fire on a family of Israelis at the Old City’s Lion’s Gate.
Two Israelis were killed and two others injured, including a two-year-old infant, in the attack.