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oberliner

(58,724 posts)
Thu May 9, 2013, 07:29 AM May 2013

Clashes as PA police 'mistakenly shoot woman'

HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Clashes broke out overnight Wednesday between Palestinian Authority police and residents of the Sair village in Hebron after forces said the accidentally shot a woman.

A number of minor injuries were reported in the incident as residents hurled Molotov cocktails and stones at PA police, residents said. Forces used tear gas to disperse the clashes, locals said.

Khalida Kawazba, 30, was killed when PA police opened fire at the car her allegedly wanted husband Nawwaf was driving. A security source told Ma'an that police had ordered Kawazba to stop, but he instead accelerated, "forcing police to open fire."

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=593762

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