Nablus (West Bank): The Israeli military says soldiers have shot and killed a Palestinian teenager at a West Bank roadblock. The soldiers say they thought the young man was carrying a bomb.
The incident occurred today afternoon. The military said the Palestinian approached the Hawwara checkpoint outside the West Bank city of Nablus, and soldiers saw him fumbling with something that appeared to be a bomb. They ordered him to drop it, but he ignored their orders. Then they opened fire, critically wounding him. He died later in a hospital.
A witness, taxi driver Mohammed Mustafa, told The Associated Press, "They asked him to lift up his shirt and raise his arms and then they shot him," he said.
Israel says it needs roadblocks to stop Palestinian attackers.
