A Palestinian was shot dead in a supermarket in a Jewish settlement in the West Bank today after he tried to set off an explosion, a witness said.
"A terrorist who apparently had an explosives belt came into the store and tried to detonate a bomb in the bread section," supermarket manager Mr Eli Shiran told Israel Radio from the settlement of Efrat, near Jerusalem.
"Immediately afterward, a customer drew his gun and fired. [The Palestinian] tried to escape. He was shot again and killed," Mr Shiran said. "One woman was slightly wounded".
Last Saturday, a Palestinian suicide bomber killed himself and two young Israeli teenagers in the West Bank settlement of Karnei Shomron.