Violent clashes broke out on Thursday evening in Jaffa city between Palestinian young men and Israeli police after the latter arrested the brother of a 22-year-old fellow citizen who had been killed in cold blood a few days ago.
Eyewitnesses said that young men clashed with police officers in Yefet street throwing stones and torching tires and dumpsters in protest of the arrest of the brother of Mahdi Saadi who was shot dead by the police last Saturday.
They added that the police responded by intensively firing tear gas and stun grenades at the protesters to disperse them and sealed off the area of clashes.
The renewed skirmishes were the latest violent events in the city which has seen bouts of unrest since the shooting incident.
In the early hours of last Saturday Israeli policemen opened fire at two Palestinian young men and killed one of them claiming they were involved in a shooting on a street in Jaffa and attempted to flee the scene on mopeds.
