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Soldier shoots Palestinian demonstrator

Video images made available by Israeli human rights group B'Tselem on Monday showed an Israeli soldier aiming his gun at an arrested, handcuffed and blindfolded Palestinian man who was protesting against Israel's wall in the West Bank village of Nilin on July 7.

  • Agencies
  • Published: 22:39 July 21, 2008
  • Gulf News

Nilin: Video images made available by Israeli human rights group B'Tselem on Monday showed an Israeli soldier aiming his gun at an arrested, handcuffed and blindfolded Palestinian man who was protesting against Israel's wall in the West Bank village of Nilin on July 7.

The Palestinian demonstrator - identified as Ashraf Abu Rahman, 27 - was lightly wounded by the rubber bullet the soldier fired.

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