By SPA,
Jenin, West Bank : A Palestinian civilian was killed on Tuesday when President Mahmoud Abbas’s security forces clashed with gunmen for the first time since launching a law-and-order push in the northern West Bank, Reuters reported.
Residents in the town of Qabatya near Jenin said civilian Ahmed Fawwaz Kmeil, 20, was shot as he tried to escape a standoff between Abbas’s forces and local gunmen who were sitting in a cafe.
Palestinian forces said in a statement the man was killed when an “outlawed group” opened fire on the security men, adding they would investigate the incident and keep up their crime-fighting push.
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