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2 hit by live fire critical after Ramallah-area protest

Ma’an – 16/06/2011

RAMALLAH — Seven Palestinians were injured, including two critically, Wednesday after an anti-wall protest was quashed, sparking anger in the village of Deir Qaddis, west of Ramallah.

A rally headed from the village to obstruct Israeli bulldozers digging up private lands for the construction of the separation wall, a Ma’an correspondent reported. Israeli forces were heavily deployed in the area and tried to disperse the demonstrators, beating them with clubs and rifle butts.

The use of live fire was reported, and a military official confirmed that bullets were used after one of the soldiers was attacked by protesters.

“One, a 24 year-old, was shot twice in the pelvis and in the shoulder, and the second, a 22 year-old, was shot in the back of his thigh and will require an operation,” the protest organizers said in a statement.

Aiming to stop the construction of the wall and the destruction of private agricultural lands, several demonstrators managed to pass the line of soldiers and worked to stop the work of bulldozer drivers. They succeeded in stymieing the heavy machinery before soldiers fired high-velocity tear-gas canisters and stun grenades at the demonstrators. … Full article

June 16, 2011 - Posted by | Solidarity and Activism, Subjugation - Torture

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