Thousands of Palestinians mourn protester slain by Israelis

25.02.2012

About 2,000 mourners, some firing automatic rifles into the air, marched on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Saturday with the body of a Palestinian shot dead by Israeli troops.

Tareq Arumi, 23, was killed in one of a string of clashes on Friday between Israeli forces and Palestinian protesters angry over violence in the flashpoint al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City.