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Palestinian woman shot by Israeli security guard after ‘attempted stabbing’

A 60-year-old Palestinian woman was shot by an Israeli security guard on Sunday, with the guard claiming that she had pulled out a knife at a light rail station in Sheikh Jarrah, occupied East Jerusalem. The woman was shot on Haim Bar Lev Street, near the Israeli national police headquarters. She was arrested shortly afterwards, according to the Arab48 news website. The security guard was unharmed, and shot the assailant in the leg, according to Haaretz. She […]

10 July 2023

International

Palestinian killed after West Bank car-ramming as violence rises

A suspected assailant was killed by Israeli soldiers after a West Bank car-ramming on Saturday, the Israeli army said, in an escalation that threatened to end a relative lull during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan so far. The Palestinian's death came less than 24 hours after an Arab-Israeli allegedly snatched a gun from a police officer at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and fired it before being shot dead. The army said a "terrorist" had conducted […]

2 April 2023

International

West Bank: 14-year-old Palestinian killed in Israeli raid on Jenin

A 14-year-old Palestinian was fatally shot during an Israeli raid on Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, according to medical officials. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said that Qusai Radwan Waked was hit by Israeli gunfire during the raid. He was shot in the belly and taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead. Two other Palestinians were also injured, medical sources told Reuters. An Israeli army spokesperson said they […]

13 February 2023

International

Israeli officer who killed unarmed autistic Palestinian ‘was promoted’

INTERNATIONAL An Israeli police officer who shot dead Iyad al-Halak, a Palestinian with autism, in occupied East Jerusalem in May 2020, was promoted this week despite facing a court case over the killing, it has emerged. The officer, who belongs to the border police and whose name is under a gag order, shot Halak, 32, claiming he suspected the Palestinian of carrying a weapon. However Halak was unarmed, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prompted to apologise to his family in […]

4 January 2023

Local

Serial housebreaker on parole dies after holding up a pensioner

A knife-wielding prison parolee was shot dead, allegedly by a 70-year-old pensioner, after he broke into a home in Mpumalanga. Joseph Vilakazi, 39, was previously linked to rape and house robbery cases, about 14 housebreaking and theft cases and assault with intention to cause grievous bodily harm, said police spokesperson Col Donald Mdhluli. He had been sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment and was out on parole. The circumstances around the […]

5 October 2022

Local

Today marks a year since whistleblower Babita Deokaran was shot and killed

August 23 marks a year since the murder of whistleblower, Babita Deokaran. Deokaran, a senior Gauteng Department of Health Financial official and a witness in several corruption investigations, was gunned down in the driveway of her home south of Johannesburg in what is believed to have been a hit. The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation supported by the Defend our Democracy campaign, Active Citizens Movement, Action for Accountability, and the Organization Undoing Tax Abuse […]

23 August 2022

Local

Expert witness expected to testify that Senzo Meyiwa was shot at close range and was facing his shooter

The first expert witness in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial is expected to take the stand on Monday in the high court in Pretoria. The celebrated Bafana Bafana and Orlando Pirates goalkeeper was gunned down in October 2014 in what was described as a botched robbery in Vosloorus, east of Johannesburg. He was in the presence of his girlfriend Kelly Khumalo, her mother Ntombi, sister Zandi, Zandi’s boyfriend Longwe Twala […]

23 April 2022

Local

Alleged gangster fatally shot in Hanover Park

Athlone police are investigating a murder case after a 42-year-old man was shot and killed in Hanover Park on Sunday. According to reports, the deceased is believed to be a known gangster who had been terrorizing the community. SAPS Spokesperson, Captain FC Van Wyk said circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation. The suspect/s fled the scene and are yet to be arrested. Anyone with any information about this shooting […]

3 November 2021

International News

Palestinian teen killed during Israeli raid on West Bank village

Israeli troops have shot and killed a 16-year-old Palestinian boy during a raid on a village south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinian officials said. According to Defense for Children International Palestine (DCIP), Israeli forces situated in an olive tree grove at the entrance of the village of Odala shot Said Odeh twice in the back. An ambulance was prevented from accessing Odeh for 15 minutes, and […]

6 May 2021

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