Palestinian probe says Israeli forces deliberately shot Abu Akleh | Occupied West Bank News

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Palestine’s Attorney General says probe found that slain Al Jazeera journalist was intentionally shot by Israeli forces.

A Palestinian official has said that an investigation into the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh shows Israeli forces deliberately shot and killed the veteran journalist.

Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Palestinian Attorney General Akram Al Khatib said: “It was clear that one of the [Israeli] occupation forces… had fired a bullet that hit journalist Shireen Abu Akleh directly in her head ”while she was attempting to escape.

The veteran journalist was hit with an armor-piercing bullet, the attorney general said, while she was wearing a helmet and a vest that was clearly marked with the word “PRESS”.

Al Khatib was reporting on the findings of a Palestinian Authority investigation into the killing of Abu Akleh, who was shot on May 11 while covering an Israeli army raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin.

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