13 year old girl shot dead, riddled with 20 bullets
Iman Al-Hams, a 13 year old palestinean girl, was on her way to school, accompanied by two classmates, when she was shot and killed by israeli military troops in the southern Gaza Strip on tuesday afternoon.
Soldiers have come forward to explain that the girl's body was riddled with 20 bullets because their commander has been shooting two bullets at her already prone body before withdrawing a short distance and then firing a burst of automatic gunfire at the corpse.
Military sources admitted yesterday that the killing of Iman Al-Hams was a mistake. She was wearing her school uniform and carrying her book bag, which military sources said was suspected of containing explosives.
The child was about 50 meters from the military posts when the soldiers started shooting. Iman dropped her bag and tried to run away. She was hit in the arm and fell on the ground. The israeli troops went on shooting, killing the girl. She was about 400 meters from the school. The troops did not find any explosives or weapons in her schoolbag.
Her body was left on the ground for almost two hours, until the IDF enabled Palestinian medical teams to approach her. "The incident occurred in a place forbidden to Palestinians" israeli military sources said.
The soldiers said this was not the usual way to school and that her being near the post was not accidental, and she was probably sent by terrorists to check the soldiers' alertness.
Palestinian sources said this was Iman's and her schoolmates' usual route to school.
Soldiers have come forward to explain that the girl's body was riddled with 20 bullets because their commander has been shooting two bullets at her already prone body before withdrawing a short distance and then firing a burst of automatic gunfire at the corpse.
Military sources admitted yesterday that the killing of Iman Al-Hams was a mistake. She was wearing her school uniform and carrying her book bag, which military sources said was suspected of containing explosives.
The child was about 50 meters from the military posts when the soldiers started shooting. Iman dropped her bag and tried to run away. She was hit in the arm and fell on the ground. The israeli troops went on shooting, killing the girl. She was about 400 meters from the school. The troops did not find any explosives or weapons in her schoolbag.
Her body was left on the ground for almost two hours, until the IDF enabled Palestinian medical teams to approach her. "The incident occurred in a place forbidden to Palestinians" israeli military sources said.
The soldiers said this was not the usual way to school and that her being near the post was not accidental, and she was probably sent by terrorists to check the soldiers' alertness.
Palestinian sources said this was Iman's and her schoolmates' usual route to school.
posted by Blog For Peace at 11:19 AM
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