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A Martyr in Jerusalem after being shot by the occupation police
January 26, 2019

On Saturday morning, Riyad Mohammad Shamasneh was shot dead by the Israeli occupation forces in the city of Jerusalem.

The Israeli police said they opened fired at a vehicle, claiming that it "constituted a threat to the forces present in the area."

The Israeli police said a group of young men were riding the vehicle, and the forces opened fire towards it. After chasing the vehicle and stopping it, one passenger was shot and martyred. The police did not address the status of the other young men and their number.