Mourners grieve during the funeral procession of Ja'afar Awad.
A 27-year-old Palestinian man was shot and killed Friday, allegedly by Israeli forces, during a riot that grew out of a West Bank funeral procession for his cousin, with whom he is now expected to share a cemetery.
The death of Ziad Awad, who was shot in the head, was reported by Palestinian officials. Israeli officials said the soldiers fired at the legs of the instigators of the violence, but that they had received reports of a death and would investigate.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said three other people were injured by live bullets and 10 people were hurt by rubber-coated bullets.
The clashes erupted in Beit Ummar, a Palestinian town with high unemployment and a large youth population about 7 miles (11 kilometers) northwest of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, after the funeral procession.
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