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US Republican senator calls for probe into Abu Akleh’s killing

Palestinians visit the site where Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed, in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin [File: Majdi Mohammed/AP]

A senior US senator has called on President Joe Biden’s administration to push for “a full and transparent investigation” into the killing last month of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in a rare move from a Republican Party politician.

Mitt Romney, the senator from Utah, sent a letter on Monday to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, urging the state department to ensure accountability for Abu Akleh’s killing, which caused global outrage and condemnation.

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