17 year old shepherd reportedly shot dead by Israeli settlers

Calcutta News.Net
Sunday 28th September, 2008

The body of a 17-year-old Bedouin from the Jordan Rift Valley village of Akraba was found Sunday night near the Jewish community of Gitit with gunshot wounds.

The body was transferred to the Abu Kabir Institute of Forensic Medicine. The police found it difficult to determine when the youth was shot, saying it was possible he was not killed in the same place where his body was uncovered, as no gunshot signs or bullet cartridges were found in the area.

The investigation is currently focusing on the intelligence level, and the police plan to collect evidence from Bedouins living in the area.

Palestinians claimed that the youth, Yehie Ata Bani Minia, who works as a shepherd, was shot by settlers. According to an official source in the Palestinian government, two teenagers spotted a white car belonging to settlers chasing the young man and later heard gunshots.

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