Reports: Armed Palestinian woman shot dead in southern Israel

Published April 4th, 2009 - 12:45 GMT

Israeli forces killed a Palestinian woman who shot at a police base in southern Israel on Saturday, Israeli security official said. According to Reuters, the woman opened fire at a guardpost at the Israeli base, and was shot dead by police there, the Israeli official said. There were no Israeli casualties.

 

The woman had been armed with a pistol and a bomb that police were defusing, the official added.

 

Israeli forces shut the area to traffic and launched searches for further suspects.