An ultra-Orthodox Jewish youth (2nd L) stands near a police cordon at the site of a shooting incident near the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City June 21, 2013. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli security guard shot dead a fellow-Israeli on Friday at one of Judaism's holiest sites, saying later he feared the man was a Palestinian militant because he had shouted "Allahu akbar" ("God is greatest" in Arabic), police said.
An Israeli judge ordered the guard kept in police custody for five days for questioning after the shooting at a restroom next to Jerusalem's Western Wall. The body of the victim, named Doron Ben-Shalush, 46, was found with 10 bullet holes.
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