Israeli border policemen stand guard near the scene where Israeli police said a Palestinian was shot and killed by an Israeli security guard after the Palestinian tried to stab him, at Qalandiya checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah November 22, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
(Reuters) - An Israeli security guard shot and killed a Palestinian who tried to stab him at a busy checkpoint in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, Israeli police said.
Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said the Palestinian was brandishing a knife and approached the guard on foot in the vehicle lane of the Qalandiya checkpoint. The guard was not hurt, she said.
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