Reporter’s killing ‘to be referred to ICC’

RAMALLAH: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said yesterday that Israeli authorities were “fully responsible” for the killing of a veteran Al Jazeera reporter during clashes in the occupied West Bank and called for an international investigation.

Shireen Abu Akleh suffered a gunshot wound to the head in Jenin on Wednesday. Al Jazeera accused Israeli troops of the killing. Israel said that the fatal shot might have been fired by a Palestinian gunman. It has proposed a joint investigation.

But during a memorial ceremony for Abu Akleh yesterday, Abbas said the Palestinian Authority would go to the International Criminal Court.