An unarmed Palestinian man was shot and killed by police in Jerusalem, Israeli police say
Relatives named the deceased as 32-year-old Eyad Rawhi Al-Halaq from the Wadi Al-Joz area of Jerusalem.They told CNN he had autism, and the mental age of a six-year-old child, and that he was on his way to his special educational needs school when the fatal incident took place.An Israeli police statement Saturday morning said:"In Jerusalem's Old City, at Lions Gate area, police units on patrol spotted a suspect with a suspicious object that looked like a pistol.
make sure the police officers are put in jail and at the same time remember that while they pulled the trigger, it was the occupation that loaded the weapon," Odeh said in a statement.The shooting comes as tensions rise in the region ahead of possible Israeli annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank. The father of Eyad Rawhi Al-Halaq mourns his son's death.
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