IDF kills rioting Palestinian man in West Bank near Ramallah
By JPOST.COM STAFF
A Palestinian man who was part of a group that was throwing fire-bombs during a riot was killed by IDF soldiers late Monday night in the West Bank town of al-Ram, which is near Ramallah. The deceased is Mahmoud Shawamreh, 21, of al-Ram, according to AFP.The IDF said its troops responded to a violent riot in the town in which the demonstrators set tires on fire and threw fire-bombs at the IDF soldiers.The soldiers fired warning shots and fired at the lower extremities of the rioters. During this IDF response Shawamreh was killed, the IDF confirmed.A military police investigation into the death will be opened, a source said.
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