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JERUSALEM-A gunfight erupted in Jerusalem’s Old City today when a young Arab man took a pistol from a security guard and attempted to flee.The young man was killed and 10 people were wounded, including the guard, the police said.The young man, who was not immediately identified, was between 18 and 20 but carried no identification, the police said.He was believed to live in Jerusalem.According to the police and witnesses, two armed security guards who work at a nearby yeshiva were walking near the Jaffa Gate on Christian Quarter Street when the young man attacked one and took his gun. He shot the guard in the upper chest and ran away toward the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, chased by the second guard.There was an exchange of fire and bystanders were wounded, mostly by ricochets.The gunman was badly wounded, witnesses said, slumping against a wall, and was told to drop his gun, then was killed in a narrow street lined by shops. There were charges from Ahmed Tibi, an Israeli Arab member of parliament, that the man was killed after he was already down, but the police said they could not verify the charge.To read more go to:
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