BETHLEHEM, Saturday, December 05, 2020 (WAFA) - A Palestinian in his early twenties died today of electrocution while at his workplace in a stone factory in the town of Beit Fajjar to the southeast of Bethlehem, in the southern occupied West Bank.
Police spokesman Loay Irzeikat said police received a call about a 23-year-old young man who was admitted into the Arab Society Hospital in Beit Jala in a critical condition as a result of a work-related electrocution accident. He was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
He said that the police and prosecution headed to the hospital to establish the circumstances surrounding the young man's death.
T.R.
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Youth dies of electrocution at workplace in Bethlehem
