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Jewish man 'shouting Allahu akbar' shot dead at Jerusalem's Western Wall
A young ultra Orthodox Jew watches the scene close to the Wailing Wall Photo: EPA
A young ultra Orthodox Jew watches the scene close to the Wailing Wall Photo: EPA
Source: Jewish man 'shouting Allahu akbar' shot dead at Jerusalem's Western Wall - TelegraphA Jewish Israeli man was shot and killed by a security guard at the Western Wall early on Friday morning after shouting "Allahu akbar" (God is Great).
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The 46-year-old Israeli, who was well known in Jerusalem's Old City and is reported to have worked at a local soup kitchen, was shot at least eight times. Despite the efforts of emergency medics who attempted to revive the man for more that 20 minutes, he died at the scene from his wounds.
The security guard, who witnesses said was is in his mid twenties, told Israeli police officers that the man had emerged from the bathroom area towards the rear of the Western Wall Plaza at around 7.40am, shouted "Allahu akbar" and appeared to remove an object from his pockets, which the guard considered suspicious. Believing the man to be a Palestinian attempting a terror attack, he opened fire.