Israeli police shot and killed a man who allegedly tried to snatch an officer’s gun at an entrance to a Jerusalem holy site early on Saturday. It raised fears of further violence during a time of heightened tensions at the flashpoint compound. The police said the slain man was 26-year-old Mohammed Alasibi from Hura, a Bedouin Arab village in southern Israel.

Palestinian worshippers at the entrance to the site on Saturday morning had a different account, saying that police shot the man at least 10 times after he tried to prevent them from harassing a woman who was on her way to the holy compound. Hours after the incident, the muddy stone alleyway leading to the compound was still stained with blood.