Palestinian protest turns violent in West Bank
Reuters
2012-09-11
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Palestinian youths attacked a local police station with stones and clashed with police in Hebron on Monday (September 10) as protests against the rising cost of living in the occupied West Bank turned increasingly violent.
Witnesses said several thousand people hurled stones at the Palestinian police station in the city after earlier clashes targeted municipal offices and fire trucks. Riot police fired tear gas to try to chase away the crowds.
Stone throwing was also reported in Bethlehem and Nablus, while demonstrators set tyres alight on main roads into another major West Bank city -- the administrative capital, Ramallah.
Small-scale protests sprung up last week following a five percent hike in fuel costs, but Monday's violence suggested the spontaneous movement could spiral out of control, posing a major problem for the Western-backed Palestinian Authority (PA).
Palestinian youths attacked a local police station with stones and clashed with police in Hebron on Monday (September 10) as protests against the rising cost of living in the occupied West Bank turned increasingly violent.
Witnesses said several thousand people hurled stones at the Palestinian police station in the city after earlier clashes targeted municipal offices and fire trucks. Riot police fired tear gas to try to chase away the crowds.
Stone throwing was also reported in Bethlehem and Nablus, while demonstrators set tyres alight on main roads into another major West Bank city -- the administrative capital, Ramallah.
Small-scale protests sprung up last week following a five percent hike in fuel costs, but Monday's violence suggested the spontaneous movement could spiral out of control, posing a major problem for the Western-backed Palestinian Authority (PA).
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