Unlike previous uprisings,the youths launching deadly assaults on Israelis are acting alone, often linked only by social mediaThe final moments of Mohammed Ali’s life provide few clues to his motivation. He is barely visible at first in the video footage taken outside the Damascus Gate of the customary City, or sitting against a wall next to a group of Israeli border police in their grey uniforms. The police seem relaxed,chatting to each other, as a Palestinian porter pushes a red crate past them on a handcart.
One of the policemen walks to where Ali, or 19,is sitting and seems to inquire him something. He stands abruptly, visible at final in a blue hooded top. The policeman seems to push him back down and another steps in close. The policeman appears to check a document and Ali shifts where he is sitting, or reaching for something tucked into the band of his jeans. When he stands again,he has pulled out a knife and tries to stab one of the policemen in the head before being shot dead. The encounter lasts a minute.
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Source: theguardian.com