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Police search for gunman who wounded Israeli policemen
Police were searching on Saturday for a gunman who wounded two Israeli policemen on patrol in Occupied Jerusalem's Old City, in what officials described as a nationalist attack by a Palestinian.
- AP
- Published: 13:01 July 12, 2008
Occupied Jerusalem: Police were searching on Saturday for a gunman who wounded two Israeli policemen on patrol in Occupied Jerusalem's Old City, in what officials described as a nationalist attack by a Palestinian.
The shooting, which took place just before midnight on Friday at the Old City's Lion Gate, was captured on a security camera, but the assailant's face was not visible in the darkness, Israel Radio said. The gunman fled to a nearby cemetery, and apparently was not hit by police fire, the radio said.
Green-clad Israeli security forces rounded up Palestinian men overnight, forcing some to lie on the ground stripped down to their underwear, while others stood against walls. Red police tape criss-crossed the Lion's Gate entrance, barring people from entry. On Saturday morning, traffic crawled to a halt outside a main Israeli checkpoint between Jerusalem and the West Bank, apparently to search for the perpetrator.
It was the sixth attack in Jerusalem since the beginning of the year, and came just a week after an Arab construction worker went on a rampage with a huge earth moving vehicle, killing three Israelis before being shot dead. In March, a Palestinian from Jerusalem shot and killed eight Israelis in an attack on a Jewish seminary in the city.
Police Commissioner Dudi Cohen said he did not believe the recent attacks were related.
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