VIOLENCE SPREADS ACROSS ISRAEL AFTER SHOOTING IN GALILEE (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Sunday, November 09, 2014, 13:09

Israeli Arab protesters clash with Israeli riot police after the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old Kheir Hamdan by officers. Photograph: Ariel Schalit/AP

Months of simmering violence between Israelis and Palestinians in East Jerusalem spread to Israeli Arab towns this weekend after police shot and killed a 22-year-old man in the Galilee town of Kufr Kana, apparently as he was running away.

In their original statements about the death on Friday night police said Kheir Hamdan was shot when he tried to stab an officer during an attempt to arrest him for allegedly throwing a stun grenade in the town, near Nazareth.

However, CCTV footage of the shooting shows Hamdan tried to strike a police car several times with an object in his hand – allegedly the knife – but officers were inside, with Hamdan posing no immediate threat to them. When a police officer opens the door, Hamdan is seen retreating. It is at this point he is shot.

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