APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Jerusalem - 16 May 2021. Israeli police officers gather at the scene of a ramming attack, in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem
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A Palestinian man was critically injured after being shot in the chest by Israeli police who opened fire at his car in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem, according to local sources.
Israeli police deployed heavily in the area following the shooting and closed off the area and prevented medical teams’ access to the man. The man, who was identified as 41-year-old Shaher Abu Khadija, succumbed to his critical wounds.
Israeli police continue to impose tightened measures against the Palestinian residents of the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, who are threatened with the forced expulsion from their homes for the benefit of Israeli settlers.
A car-ramming attack wounded several people including four police officers in the flashpoint Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem on today, police said, adding that the attacker was shot.
After the "vehicle-ramming attack" in the district, the scene of weeks of clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces, the assailant was "shot by officers", police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said without giving details on the attacker's condition
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