Israel Fire Wounds Palestinian in West Bank
Israeli security forces wounded a 19-year-old Palestinian in the leg when they opened fire with live ammunition in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, Palestinian medics said.
He was one of a group of young men throwing stones at Israelis manning a checkpoint at Beitunia, near Ramallah, and was taken to hospital in the city, the medics said.
They said he was in serious but not life-threatening condition with two gunshot wounds.
An Israeli police spokesman said that Palestinians hurled rocks and a petrol bomb at the checkpoint and a policeman was lightly injured.
He said he had no knowledge of any Palestinian injured or of shots fired.
Palestinians said the clash appeared to be unconnected to an anti-Islamic film which has prompted often violent protests around the Muslim world.
Source: Agence France Presse
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