Palestinians give bullet that killed Shireen Abu Akleh to US

Palestinian officials say bullet given to US experts for testing, received ‘guarantees’ Israel would not be involved

The Palestinian Authority has handed over to US forensic experts the bullet that killed Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank last month, according to Palestinian officials, Qazet.az reports.

Akram al-Khatib, general prosecutor for the Palestinian Authority, had said that officials had “agreed to transfer the bullet to the Americans for examination”, however conflicting reports over who would conduct the tests on the bullet emerged on Sunday, with an Israeli military spokesman telling Army Radio: “The test will not be American. The test will be an Israeli test, with an American presence throughout.”