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| Hebron fake gun teenager killed by Israeli border guard | Hebron fake gun teenager killed by Israeli border guard |
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| An Israeli border guard has shot dead a Palestinian teenager, whom police said threatened a colleague with what turned out to be a fake gun, in the West Bank city of Hebron. | An Israeli border guard has shot dead a Palestinian teenager, whom police said threatened a colleague with what turned out to be a fake gun, in the West Bank city of Hebron. |
| Police said the youth had attacked the guard and aimed the 'pistol' at him, before being shot dead. | Police said the youth had attacked the guard and aimed the 'pistol' at him, before being shot dead. |
| The boy was named locally as 16-year-old Mohammed Ziad Sulaima, AFP said. | The boy was named locally as 16-year-old Mohammed Ziad Sulaima, AFP said. |
| Clashes broke out after the shooting, which happened near a contested site holy to Jews and Muslims. | Clashes broke out after the shooting, which happened near a contested site holy to Jews and Muslims. |
| Known to Jews as The Cave of the Patriarchs and Muslims as the al-Ibrahimi mosque, the site is where the Bible says Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were buried with three of their wives. | Known to Jews as The Cave of the Patriarchs and Muslims as the al-Ibrahimi mosque, the site is where the Bible says Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were buried with three of their wives. |
| Hebron is home to about 160,000 Muslims and some 500 Jewish settlers who live in the centre of the city, guarded by Israeli troops. | Hebron is home to about 160,000 Muslims and some 500 Jewish settlers who live in the centre of the city, guarded by Israeli troops. |
| Last week, Israeli security forces shot dead a Palestinian man, who they said was armed with an axe, in the northern West Bank. |