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Saturday, March 27, 2010

Israel detains woman, 19, at Qalandiya checkpoint

Ma'an
Israeli forces detained a young Palestinian woman on Saturday morning at the Qalandiya checkpoint into Jerusalem, accused of attempting to stab a soldier.

The unidentified woman, 19, from the Al-Am'ari refugee camp, was detained and transferred for questioning.

An Israeli military spokeswoman said a woman was detained at 11pm on Friday at the checkpoint, in possession of a 30cm knife, and was taken for questioning with the Israel Police. Full story
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