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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Croft and Suha Kidwai

British activist deported by Israel says he was kidnapped at gunpoint and locked in shed by Israeli settlers

A British citizen who was deported from Israel says he was locked in a shed and held at gunpoint by Israeli settlers after trying to prevent them from entering a Palestinian village.

Finn Joughin, 22, was detained by Israeli authorities after the settlers accused him of assaulting a child near the village of Umm al-Khair in the Masafer Yatta region, police said. His lawyer emphatically denies the allegation.

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