Israeli border police secure the area outside Jerusalem's Old City where officers fatally shot a man they believed was armed May 30, 2020. REUTERS/Sinan Abu Mayzer
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police officers fatally shot a Palestinian they suspected was carrying a weapon in Jerusalem's Old City on Saturday, a police spokesman said, but the man was later found to have been unarmed, Israeli media reported.
"Police units on patrol there spotted a suspect with a suspicious object that looked like a pistol. They called upon him to stop and began to chase after him on foot, during the chase officers also opened fire at the suspect," police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said.
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