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RAMALLAH, (PIC)-- An Israeli Court acquitted, Tuesday, an Israeli soldier who shot and killed Ahmad Mousa, 10, during a nonviolent protest against the Annexation Wall in Nilin village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah in 2008, despite his confession that he fired two bullets at the child.
The incident took place in July of 2008, the soldier shot the child in the head leading to instant death. During his court testimony, the soldier said that not firing back at those who hurl stones at the army is considered weakness; therefore, I opened fire.
The Judge claimed that There was no proof that the bullets fired by the soldier were the cause of the death of the child, despite the fact that she acknowledged that the soldier opened fire using live ammunition while his life was not in danger.
Israeli soldier who shot dead a Palestinian child acquitted
The incident took place in July of 2008, the soldier shot the child in the head leading to instant death. During his court testimony, the soldier said that not firing back at those who hurl stones at the army is considered weakness; therefore, I opened fire.
The Judge claimed that There was no proof that the bullets fired by the soldier were the cause of the death of the child, despite the fact that she acknowledged that the soldier opened fire using live ammunition while his life was not in danger.
Israeli soldier who shot dead a Palestinian child acquitted