Mahmoud Salah
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Mahmoud Salah was possibly a would-be suicide bomber, a member of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, who was stopped by Israeli police in East Jerusalem
on March 8, 2002 and shot dead some 30 minutes later.
The circumstances surrounding his killing are disputed. The AFP
news agency published eleven photographs taken by an amateur photographer through his window which depict the apprehension and shooting.
Israeli police claim that Saleh had a large explosive device
strapped to his waist, and that after being apprehended "attempted several times to detonate the bomb by rubbing his chest against the ground in the hope of activating the detonation switch." The police statement reported that "[i]n order to prevent the murder of the policemen and the bomb disposal officer, the suicide bomber was shot and killed by police" and "[t]he bomb was [then] dismantled with the aid of a bomb disposal robot."
The BBC
and other agencies claimed there are discrepancies between the police statement, the photographs and the "testimonies of more than 10 eyewitnesses, who said the man was shot half-an-hour after his arrest when he was completely subdued."
The Urban Legends Reference Pages
website concluded that "Without having all the photographs at hand, a guide to demonstrate their correct sequencing, and more non-partisan news reports or accounts of the incident, we can only state that these pictures are, as the BBC termed them, "graphic, but inconclusive." This cursory statement does not explain the biggest deficiency in the Israeli police's version of events. The second to last picture in the sequence shows Mahmoud's body after the police removed his clothes and does not show any type of belt, where the bomb was supposedly located, and the reasoning behind his execution.
East Jerusalem
East Jerusalem or Eastern Jerusalem refer to the parts of Jerusalem captured and annexed by Jordan in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and then captured and annexed by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War...
on March 8, 2002 and shot dead some 30 minutes later.
The circumstances surrounding his killing are disputed. The AFP
Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse is a French news agency, the oldest one in the world, and one of the three largest with Associated Press and Reuters. It is also the largest French news agency. Currently, its CEO is Emmanuel Hoog and its news director Philippe Massonnet...
news agency published eleven photographs taken by an amateur photographer through his window which depict the apprehension and shooting.
Israeli police claim that Saleh had a large explosive device
Explosive belt
An explosive belt is an improvised explosive device, a belt or a vest packed with explosives and armed with a detonator, worn by suicide bombers...
strapped to his waist, and that after being apprehended "attempted several times to detonate the bomb by rubbing his chest against the ground in the hope of activating the detonation switch." The police statement reported that "[i]n order to prevent the murder of the policemen and the bomb disposal officer, the suicide bomber was shot and killed by police" and "[t]he bomb was [then] dismantled with the aid of a bomb disposal robot."
The BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
and other agencies claimed there are discrepancies between the police statement, the photographs and the "testimonies of more than 10 eyewitnesses, who said the man was shot half-an-hour after his arrest when he was completely subdued."
The Urban Legends Reference Pages
Urban Legends Reference Pages
Snopes.com , officially the Urban Legends Reference Pages, is a web site discussing urban legends, Internet rumors, e-mail forwards, and other stories of uncertain or questionable origin...
website concluded that "Without having all the photographs at hand, a guide to demonstrate their correct sequencing, and more non-partisan news reports or accounts of the incident, we can only state that these pictures are, as the BBC termed them, "graphic, but inconclusive." This cursory statement does not explain the biggest deficiency in the Israeli police's version of events. The second to last picture in the sequence shows Mahmoud's body after the police removed his clothes and does not show any type of belt, where the bomb was supposedly located, and the reasoning behind his execution.