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Article: Massacre shocks Middle East.(massacre of Muslims in Hebron, West Bank)
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- Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication
- Article date:
- March 14, 1994
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HEBRON, Israeli-Occupied West Bank--It was February 25, Friday, the Muslim holy day. At 5:30 a.m., some 800 Muslims had gathered for prayers inside Hebron's Tomb of the P
As the Muslims knelt in prayer, a man wearing an Israeli army uniform burst in and opened fire with an automatic rifle. Before people could even panic, many lay dead or dying in pools of blood. Others scrambled for cover.
The gunman calmly reloaded his rifle with another 35-bullet clip and began firing again. He reloaded a third time and was only stopped when the desperate crowd overcame him. The gunman was battered over the head with iron bars and a fire extinguisher until he died. ...