Security stepped up at city shrine

ISRAEL has stepped up security at a contested shrine after violent clashes over the weekend left six people dead.

Officials set up new security cameras at the entrance to the holy site in Jerusalem as it considers an “alternative” to the metal detectors it installed after two Israeli policemen were killed nearby earlier this month.

The measures angered Palestinians, who say Israel is trying to take control of the shrine.

On Friday, anger boiled over and several thousand Palestinians clashed with Israeli security forces in the West Bank and in Jerusalem after noon prayers, the highlight of the Muslim religious week. Three Palestinians were killed. A Palestinian stabbed to death three members of an Israeli family on Friday.