Report: Protester Killed in Clashes In Arab Israeli City

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The Times of Israel reports: One protester was killed as guards opened fire on a riot outside a police station in the Israeli Arab city of Kafr Qassem early Tuesday morning.

Three police cars were set alight, other cruisers were pelted with stones, and officers outside the station were attacked by rock-throwing protesters as hundreds demonstrated against police overnight. At least two police officers were reportedly lightly injured in the riot.

The protest began as residents of the central Israel city gathered outside a police station to protest the arrest of a local man, adding to already raised tensions between police and locals in recent weeks.

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