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Palestinian teenager killed by Israeli army in Ni’lin
July 30, 2008
Source : ISM
A Palestinian teenager, thought to be aged 16 has been killed by Israeli forces in the Palestinian village of Nil’in.
According to ISM volunteers staying in the village, fighting broke out between an estimated 200 boys and young men and Israeli forces at about 5:30pm. The villagers had earlier built five barricades of rubble and stones blocking the main road into Nil’in. An Israeli excavator attempted to clear a path through the barricades but was driven back by a hail of stones.
About 50 Israeli soldiers then attacked using sound bombs, rubber coated steel bullets and tear gas. At around 7:30pm, Yousef Ahmad Younis Amera was shot in the head by a rubber coated steel bullet. He was taken to Ramallah Hospital where a ECG scan showed no signs of brain activity.
There are reports of two other men suffering head injuries from a rubber coated steel bullets, but these injuries are not thought to be life threatening. A total of 17 people are thought to have been injured in today’s fighting.
Emotions have been running high in the village since the funeral of 10 year old Ahmed Husan Yousef Mousa earlier today. Ahmed was shot dead by an Israeli soldier yesterday.
ISM volunteers remain in the village, which was sealed off by a large Israeli force at around 11:30pm on Wednesday night.
