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Israel to probe fatal shooting of Palestinian paraplegic

By FARES AKRAM The Israeli military said thou- In a reflection of how his
Associated Press sands of protesters were death has been embraced
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) rolling burning tires and by a swath of Gazan soci-
— The Israeli military said throwing stones at soldiers ety, posters from the many
Sunday it has opened an in separate locations along Palestinian political fac-
investigation into the fatal the fence. Lt. Col. Jonathan tions and diverse commu-
shooting of a paraplegic Conricus, a military spokes- nity organizations lined the
Palestinian man who was man, blamed Hamas for tent’s sides.
shot in the head during a instigating violent demon- Abu Thraya lost his legs in
violent demonstration in strations that posed a “sig- an Israeli airstrike during
the Gaza Strip last week. nificant threat” to soldiers a 2008 war between Is-
Ibrahim Abu Thraya, 29, was and justified the use of live rael and Hamas. Al-Komi
shot while demonstrating fire. said he was assisting in the
along Gaza’s border with Still, he said “allegations of evacuation of people hit in
Israel, Palestinian health of- the killing of a paraplegic a separate strike when the
ficials said, during days of Palestinian mourners carry the body of 29-year-old activist Palestinian rioter are under second airstrike occurred.
unrest sparked by President Ibrahim Abu Thuraya who was shot and killed by Israeli troops investigation.” The probe is He had since used a wheel-
Donald Trump’s recogni- Friday, in clashes on the Israeli border with Gaza, during his expected to take several chair.
tion of Jerusalem as Israel’s funeral in Gaza City, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017. days, Conricus said. Abu Thraya, a fisherman
capital earlier this month. Associated Press Hundreds of neighbors, before his injury, partici-
Abu Thraya is being hailed said ‘this is Jerusalem; if I lem turned out to protest. friends and officials, includ- pated in several border
as a hero and his death has don’t go to defend it, who Hamas, the Islamic militant ing Hamas leader Ismail demonstrations following
emerged as a rallying cry will?’” said Raed al-Komi, group that rules Gaza, Haniyeh, have visited a Trump’s announcement.
among Palestinians against Abu Thraya’s half-brother. called for a third Palestin- mourning tent erected for As other demonstrators
Trump’s dramatic declara- Following Trump’s deci- ian uprising. Violence broke Abu Thraya in Gaza’s al- ran away from tear gas
tion, which they largely saw sion, the Palestinians called out in several flashpoints Shati refugee camp, which fired by Israeli troops, Abu
as siding with Israel. for three “days of rage” in and erupted again on Fri- was adorned with photos of Thraya wheeled himself
“We were telling him not to which thousands of Pales- day, including along the him in a wheelchair hoisting closer to the frontier, ac-
go (to the border), but he tinians in the West Bank, the Gaza border fence, where up the Palestinian flag and cording to Ahmed Yaghi, a
would not listen to us. He Gaza Strip and east Jerusa- Abu Thraya was killed. flashing a “victory” sign. protester.q
Suicide bombers attack

church in Pakistan, killing 9

the response of security “plungers” from their group Wasim Baig, a spokesman
forces guarding the had stormed the church, for Quetta’s main hospital.
church, saying the attacker without providing further A young girl in a white dress
who made it inside was details. sobbed as she recounted
wounded and unable to It was the first time the the attack to Geo
reach the main building. Islamic State group has television, saying many
“Otherwise the loss of lives claimed an attack on a people around her were
could have been much church in Pakistan, though wounded.
higher,” he told reporters. Muslim extremists have Aqil Anjum, who was shot
A Pakistani walks in the main hall of a church following a suicide Quetta Police Chief Abdur claimed church attacks in his right arm, told The
attack in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017. Razzaq Cheema said a in the past. The deadliest Associated Press he heard
Associated Press search was underway example was in September a blast in the middle of the
By ABDUL SATTAR ahead of Christmas when for two suspected 2013, when twin suicide service, followed by heavy
Associated Press the bombers appeared accomplices who bomb blasts killed 85 gunfire.
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — in the city of Quetta and escaped. people in a Peshawar “It was chaos. Bullets were
Two suicide bombers struck clashed with security Local television showed church. In March 2015, two hitting people inside the
a church in Pakistan on forces. One assailant ambulances and security suicide bombers attacked closed hall,” he said.
Sunday, killing nine people was killed at the church patrols racing to the scene two churches in the eastern Dozens of Christians
and wounding more than entrance. The other made as women and children city of Lahore, killing 15 gathered outside a nearby
50 others, authorities said, in it inside, said Sarfaraz were being led out of the people. hospital to protest the
the first attack on a church Bugti, home minister for the church’s main gate. Fifty-seven people were lack of security. Pakistan’s
claimed by the country’s southwestern Baluchistan The Islamic State group later wounded in the latest president and other senior
Islamic State group affiliate. province. claimed responsibility for attack, including seven officials condemned the
Hundreds of worshippers Baluchistan Police Chief the attack on their Aamaq who were listed in critical attack.q
were attending services Moazzam Ansari praised news agency, saying two condition, according to