(21 Jun 2013)
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1. Body of man being carried to ambulance
2. Various of ambulance driving away
3. Mid of police and police vehicles
4. SOUNDBITE: (Hebrew) no name given, acquaintance of man who was shot:
"I knew him, but this man as I knew him wasn't violent. I don't think there was any situation that warranted shooting him. It sounds very serious and it shocks me that they shot this man."
5. Wide pan of Western Wall area
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Micky Rosenfeld, Israeli police spokesman:
"This morning the Israeli police were called to the Western Wall plaza area after a Jewish man in his 40's, who was a suspect, shouted "Allahu akbar". The private security guards that were at the scene at the time, one of them approached the suspect who also had his hands in his pockets at the time, which was also a suspicious activity. The private security guard opened fire, a number of shots were fired at the suspect, who maintained serious injuries at the scene. Police units closed off the Western Wall area and medical teams arrived at the scene, and unfortunately after a few minutes the suspect was pronounced dead. An official investigation is taking place to see exactly what the background was of that incident, and why the man in his 40's shouted "Allahu akbar".
7. Rosenfeld walking away
STORYLINE:
A Jewish man was shot dead by a private security guard at one of Jerusalem's holy sites on Friday, according to Israeli police.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said a guard at the Western Wall fired "a number of shots" at a man who he said appeared suspicious.
The man, said to be aged in his 40s, died at the scene.
A local resident who declined to give his name said he knew the dead man and that he wasn't violent.
"I don't think there was any situation that warranted shooting him," he said.
Rosenfeld said the security guard had approached the man who had shouted "Allahu akbar", Arabic for "God is great", and had his hands in his pockets.
He said the guard had opened fire at the suspect "who maintained serious injuries at the scene" and was later pronounced dead.
Rosenfeld said police cordoned off the area after the shooting and are investigating Friday's incident.
The Western Wall, a remnant of the biblical Jewish Temples, is one of Jerusalem's holiest places for Jewish people to pray.
The site and the area around it has previously been a focal point of violence between Israelis and Palestinians.
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