Israeli Forces Shoot Dead Mentally-Retarded Palestinian in Al-Quds

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian with mental disabilities in East Jerusalem (al-Quds), a report said.

• May, 31, 2020 -

Israeli troops opened fire on a man in Jerusalem’s Old City after they suspected he had a gun, Anadolu Agency.

The Israeli police alleged in a statement on Saturday that the 32-year-old man, identified as Iyad Halak, was “holding a suspicious object that appeared to be a gun.”

According to Israeli media, the man, who was found to be unarmed, was shot dead during the chase.

Palestinians said Halak, a resident of Wadi al-Joz neighborhood in East Jerusalem al-Quds, had been on his way to a special needs educational institute in the Old City where he studied.

The shooting came a day after Israeli forces killed a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank for allegedly attempting to ram them with his vehicle. No Israelis were wounded in either incident.