The state prosecution said Thursday that an internal investigation into the killing of a 26-year-old Bedouin citizen of Israel earlier this month at Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site found no wrongdoing by police.
With several details of the incident in question, the case has sparked outrage from Arab lawmakers and rights groups.
The Israeli state attorney's office closed said that police acted "lawfully in self-defense" when they shot and killed Mohammed Alasibi, from a Bedouin village in the country's south. He was fatally shot at the entrance to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem on April 1.
Police claimed that Alasibi pounced on an officer and tried to grab his gun, managing to fire two shots into the air before the officer regained control of his weapon and killed him.
Associated Press