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Clashes in Jerusalem after settler guard kills Palestinian
Clashes erupted in Jerusalem on Wednesday after a Jewish settlement guard shot dead a Palestinian, who police say was part of a crowd who ambushed him in the annexed Arab eastern part of the city.
Several people were wounded as violence flared throughout the day, with Palestinians torching three vehicles and Israeli police eventually entering the nearby flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound, sacred to both Jews and Muslims.
The violence came as negotiators sought to reach a compromise on the impending end of a partial settlement moratorium that threatens to torpedo Israeli-Palestinian peace talks relaunched earlier this month.
Police said fighting began when Arab residents of the Silwan neighbourhood stoned a security guard in his vehicle.
"A guard responsible for protecting Jewish residents of the neighbourhood opened fire with his pistol after his car was attacked with stones," spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said.
Witnesses said another two Palestinians were wounded in the shooting. Several others were injured later as police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at stone-throwing protesters in and around the neighbourhood.