The Palestinian president says he will immediately refer the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Aqla to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
In a speech at a remembrance service attended by thousands of people, Mahmoud Abbas declared that Israel was “fully responsible” for her death.
She was shot while covering an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank.
Al Jazeera said Abu Aqla was killed by Israeli troops. Israel said she might have been shot by Palestinian gunmen.
The United Nations, United States and European Union have called for an independent and transparent investigation.
Abu Aqla, 51-year-old Palestinian-American, was one of the region’s most experienced and well-loved BBC correspondents. END.
