Palestinian Killed By Settler Bus in the West Bank

4 July 2007

Palestinian sources in the West Bank city of Bethlehem reported on Tuesday that one resident died after being rammed by a settlers bus as he was standing on the side of the road at the Um Salmouna junction on Tuesday morning.

The resident was identified as Mahmoud Abudl-Hamid Taqatqa, 45, a resident of Beit Fajjar town, west of Bethlehem.

Eyewitnesses reported that he died instantly after he was rammed by the bus which belongs to Egged Israel bus company.

Dozens of Israeli police officers arrived at the scene and barred a Red Crescent ambulance from transferring the body of Taqatqa.

His body was transferred by an Israeli ambulance to a forensic center in Israel, apparently for autopsy.

Palestinian sources considered this attack deliberate since several similar attacks took place since settler busses accompanied by Israeli military jeeps always drive fast on the bypass roads which are close to the Palestinian areas.

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