Jerusalem (CNN) -- A Palestinian worker was fatally shot Sunday morning during a struggle with an Israeli border officer, an Israeli police spokesman said.
The police officer spotted a group of 15 Palestinian workers crossing a fence into east Jerusalem from the West Bank, Israeli police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said.
The officer began to pursue them, Rosenfeld said the officer had told investigators.
During the pursuit, one of the Palestinian men tried to grab his firearm, and the officer shot and killed the man during the struggle, Rosenfeld said.
A police internal investigations committee is questioning the officer, Rosenfeld said.
Israel has built barriers including walls, fences and trenches between its territory and the majority of Palestinian West Bank. Israel says the barriers are designed to stop suicide bombers and other militants from getting in, but opponents have criticized the walls as causing undue suffering to Palestinians.
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