RAMALLAHJERUSALEM, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- Israeli security forces shot and killed a Palestinian youth after he allegedly tried to stab them in West Bank on Thursday, the latest in a yearlong wave of violence.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health said in an emailed press release that it was informed that a Palestinian was killed after Israeli soldiers opened fire on him at an Israeli military checkpoint near Nablus city.
Israeli police spokeswoman Luba Samri said the suspect moved toward a group of border police, pulling out a knife; the police responded with gunfire, killing the man on the spot.
Governor of Nablus Akram Rajoub condemned the incident and told Xinhua that the Israeli army "targets Palestinian youth to kill them."
"We observe a systematic policy by the occupation army, giving clear directives to its soldiers to shoot to kill," Rajoub said. "Otherwise we would not have seen that the result of each shooting is death."
Two weeks ago, security guards shot dead another Palestinian youth after he allegedly pulled a knife at a guard in the Shuafat neighborhood in East Jerusalem.
A wave of violence in the West Bank and Israel has claimed the lives of at least 235 Palestinians and 34 Israelis since September 2015.
Israel says that most of the Palestinians were killed while perpetrating or attempting to perpetrate stabbing, car-ramming, and shooting attacks.
The Palestinians and human rights organizations say that Israel is using excessive force to quell the uprising, and in many cases, kill Palestinians who could be stopped without using lethal force. Some of the casualties were mistaken to be attackers, according to Palestinian officials and rights groups.
Israeli leaders accuse the Palestinian National Authority of "inciting" the unrest, while the Palestinians say it is the result of nearly 50 years of Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories.
More than 5 million Palestinians now live in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.
SHANGHAI Lawrence Taylor Hat , Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Complaints over bike-sharing services went up by more than 40 times in 2017, according to a report by Shanghai Consumer Council.
The council received 7,978 complaints about bike-sharing services last year, according to the council. Xqchuxing Landon Collins Hat , Mobike and OFO were the top three companies facing the complaints.
Customers in Shanghai were upset by delays in the return of deposits, abnormal charges and poor customer service.
In some cases, costumers did not receive their deposits two or three months after request, while many bike-sharing companies promised refunds within seven days. In other cases Ereck Flowers Hat , bike-sharing companies wrongfully charged users due to various systematic problems.
"Bike-sharing companies need to focus more on providing high-quality services and stable systems," said Ning Hai, deputy secretary general of the council.
More than 20 million shared bikes are now on the streets of Chinese cities, according to a report by the China Academy of Transportation Sciences.
Photo taken on Jan. 29 Sterling Shepard Hat , 2018 shows the bridge where a bus plunge occured in Murshidabad district, in eastern India's West Bengal state, on Jan. 29, 2018. At least 35 people have been killed after a passenger bus crashed through an old bridge and plunged into a deep canal connected to a river in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal Monday Eli Apple Hat , police said. (Xinhua)
NEW DELHI, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- At least 35 people have been killed after a passenger bus crashed through an old bridge and plunged into a deep canal connected to a river in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal Monday, police said.
The accident occurred at Daulatabad in Murshidabad district, some 220 km from the state capital Kolkata.
"The bus Dalvin Tomlinson Hat , carrying some 50 people, broke through the railing of the bridge and fell into the canal connected to Jalangi river after its driver lost control of the speeding vehicle while swerving to avoid another vehicle," a senior police official said.
So far, 35 bodies Evan Engram Hat , including those of women and children, have been fished out of waters, including those who got trapped inside the bus, while some injured passengers were admitted to a nearby government hospital B.J. Hill Hat , the official said. "Some six people swam to safety," he added.
The bus was going to Malda district from Karimpur in Nadia district via Murshidabad when the accident occurred.
Local TV channels showed dramatic footage of the bus being lifted from the canal bed with the help of three hydraulic cranes under the supervision of the National Disaster Management Force personnel, who brought out bodies one after another from inside the bus.
Earlier in the day, local police had to charge batons and lobby tear gas shells to control a huge crowd that had gathered around the accident scene and attacked cops with stones alleging that they arrived late. They even set two police vehicles afire.
"Some of the survivors told us that the driver was driving at high speed while talking on mobile phone on the bridge. A probe has been ordered into the incident Will Hernandez Hat ," the official said.
State Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited the accident spot. She has condoled the deaths and announced a compensation for the kin of those who had died in the accident.
This is the third bus accident in the state in the past two weeks. On Jan. 17, eight people were killed when a bus fell into a canal near Kharagpur in West Midnapore district. And nine people died when another bus fell into a ditch in Murshidabad district three days later.
India has one of the highest road fatalities in the world. Road accidents occur mostly due to poor driving or badly maintained roads and vehicles.