Maelezo ya B'Tselem (imetafsiriwa kutoka Kiingereza)
Alipigwa vibaya na maafisa wa Polisi wa Mpakani. Kwa mujibu wa polisi, aliingia katika kituo cha polisi cha Oz huko Jabal al-Mukabber, Jerusalem Mashariki, na kumchoma kisu afisa wa Polisi wa Mpakani ambaye inaripotiwa alijeruhiwa kidogo. Kwa mujibu wa vyombo vya habari, Abu Jamal alipodhibitiwa, maafisa wengine wawili walijeruhiwa kidogo. Alikufa shahidi kutokana na majeraha yake hospitalini.
Maandishi asilia
Severely beaten by Border Police officers. According to the police, he had entered the Oz police station in Jabal al-Mukabber in East Jerusalem and stabbed a Border Police officer who was reportedly lightly injured. According to the media, as Abu Jamal was subdued, two other officers were lightly injured. Died of his wounds at hospital.