Israeli forces kill two knife-wielding Palestinians - police


  • World
  • Sunday, 26 Apr 2015

Palestinian youths throw stones towards Israeli police during clashes in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of A-tur, after a Palestinian youth was killed by Israeli security forces April 25, 2015. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli security forces killed two knife-wielding Palestinian attackers in separate incidents in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem on Saturday, police said.

In the West Bank city of Hebron, a Palestinian was shot dead by a paramilitary Israeli border police patrol after stabbing one of its men in the head and chest, police spokeswoman Luba Samri said. The injured policeman was taken to hospital.

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