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DATE: MONDAY, May 21, 1990 TAG: 9005210355
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A/1 EDITION: EVENING
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: JABALIYA CAMP, OCCUPIED GAZA STRIP LENGTH: Medium
The suspect, Ami Popper, appeared in court today with his feet shackled and under heavy guard.
Magistrate David Muallem extended Popper's detention for 15 days and ordered him to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. Police said the suspect was suicidal after breaking up with his girlfriend.
Black flags flew from cars and rooftops in the West Bank and graffiti called for armed struggle against Israeli rule of the occupied territories.
Seven Palestinians were shot and killed by Israeli soldiers and more than 700 were wounded in rioting after Sunday's massacre in the Tel Aviv suburb of Rishon Letzion.
The Palestinians were killed as a group of Arab laborers from Gaza waited at the Roses junction. Witnesses said Popper ordered 50 workers to sit in a line, then opened fire with an assault rifle, killing seven and wounding 11.
Sunday's rioting was the worst bloodshed in the 29-month-old uprising since April 15, 1988, when 17 Palestinians died in riots after PLO military leader Khalil Wazir was slain in Tunis, reportedly by Israeli commandos. In recent months, the level of violence had declined.
Today's dead brought to 705 the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli soldiers and civilians since the uprising against Israeli rule began in December 1987. Another 216 have been slain by fellow Arabs as suspected collaborators. Forty-three Israelis also have been killed.
The unrest persisted today in the occupied lands and spilled over into Arab areas of Israel. The army poured in hundreds of reinforcements and clamped a curfew on about 1.1 million Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip and much of the West Bank.
U.S. State Department officials called on Israel's army to use restraint and prevent further bloodshed.
The most intense violence occurred in the Gaza Strip where the massacre victims lived. Stone-throwing protests broke out in at least 10 neighborhoods and refugee camps in defiance of the curfew.
by CNB