Fatal Israel police shooting probed as video emerges

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Source: BBC

8 November 2014 Last updated at 15:35 GMT

Fatal Israel police shooting probed as video emerges

Israeli police are investigating the fatal shooting of an Arab-Israeli man in northern Israel, as video emerged raising questions over the events.

Police said the man, 22, tried to attack officers with a knife in Kfar Kana and, "with their lives in danger", fired at the suspect.

Video shows the man hitting a police vehicle. An officer then gets out and shoots the man as he walks away.

The incident comes amid weeks of unrest, mainly in Jerusalem.

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1. Unbelievable.

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2. Arab sector strikes; police brace for more violence

Moves comes day after fury over fatal shooting of Khair Hamdan by police erupts into protests and riots in northern Israel and Jerusalem.

Ynet reporters, AP

Police were on high alert throughout Israel on Sunday morning, with the level of alert raised to the second highest since the start of Operation Protective Edge in the summer. Hundreds of police and special forces have been deployed in the north to prevent an expansion of disruptions of order that erupted after police killed a young Arab man in northern Israel. Schools and businesses in the Arab sector were to strike Sunday in protest.

Police have bolstered their presence in the areas where they expect further protests over the killing of Khair Hamdan, 22, in Kafr Kanna, an Arab town close to Haifa. Forces from the north who had been deployed in Jerusalem in recent days have been returned.

Border Police have reinforced their numbers in the north, and the Sharon District police has also increased its numbers, fearing riots in Arab cities Sunday. Police and SWAT forces will be armed with riot control measures. The police has repeatedly warned that law-breaking would not be tolerated.

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