AFP: Israeli Settlers Rampage In West Bank Village -Medics

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Israeli Settlers Rampage In West Bank Village -Medics


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SAFA, West Bank (AFP)--Twelve Palestinians were wounded Wednesday when clashes erupted in a West Bank village after Israeli residents of a nearby settlement went on a rampage there, witnesses and medics said.

The injured all suffered gunshot wounds and one of them was in a serious condition, medics said.

The clashes first involved Palestinians and settlers from Bat Ayin, where last week an ax-wielding Palestinian killed an Israeli teenager, and then turned into a confrontation between the Palestinians and the army, they added.

The incident began in the early morning when settlers from Bat Ayin went to a hilltop between their community and the Palestinian village of Safa to bless the sun in a prayer said once every 28 years.


According to the Palestinians, the settlers then went on a rampage in the village, firing weapons and vandalizing property.

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Six of the wounded Palestinians were injured as a result of fire from settlers and six as a result of army fire, Palestinian medics said.

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