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A Palestinian militant group offered an unusual apology Saturday for mistakenly killing an Arab college student in a drive-by shooting in a Jewish neighborhood, calling his family to offer their condolences and declaring him a “martyr.”
Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades said it carried out Friday’s shooting in Jerusalem. The victim was George Khoury, 21, the son of a prominent Arab attorney.
Saturday was the first time a militant group apologized for mistakenly killing an Arab.
For the victim’s father, Elias Khoury, the killing brought back memories of his father, Daoud, who also was killed by Palestinian militants, in 1975.
“Acts of terror, acts of occupation will not do either side any good. This has to stop,” he told Israel Radio.
