Palestinians enraged by activist's death march on Abbas compound

Angry demonstrators set fires, block the streets of the city centre and clash with riot police following the death of Nizar Banat, an outspoken critic of the Palestinian Authority, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, June 24, 2021. Banat who was a candidate in parliamentary elections called off earlier this year died after Palestinian security forces arrested him and beat him with batons on Thursday, his family said. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

RAMALLAH/HEBRON, West Bank (Reuters): Hundreds of angry Palestinians marched towards Mahmoud Abbas's presidential compound in the occupied West Bank on Thursday (June 24) to demand he resign over the death of a well-known activist following his arrest by Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces.

Demonstrators held posters of Nizar Banat as they came under tear gas fire by dozens of PA forces in riot gear trying to prevent the group from reaching President Abbas's headquarters, in the centre of the West Bank city of Ramallah.