woensdag, oktober 22, 2003
Near Nablus Tuesday, a Palestinian freelance photographer said he was beaten by Israeli troops as he took pictures of a soldier striking a man allegedly violating a military curfew.
The military said it would investigate the photographer's complaint. "On the face of it, the charges are very serious and if they prove to be true we will not hesitate to take action against those involved. This does not represent the army or orders given to soldiers," a military official in the Israeli army spokesman's office said.
The photographer, Majdi Mohammed, who works on occasional assignment for The Associated Press, said the incident took place Tuesday near the West Bank city of Nablus and that troops also destroyed some of his equipment. Mohammed said he was wearing a vest on which the word "PRESS" was clearly written in English and Hebrew.
The photographer said a soldier approached him and demanded to know why he was taking pictures. The soldier then twisted his arm, pushed his face into a wall and repeatedly struck him in the back before taking his camera, digital discs, bag and journalist's identification card, the photographer said.
When Mohammed demanded his camera back, the soldier pressed his face onto the hood of an army jeep, which was hot and lightly burned his face. The soldier then smashed the discs with a rock before returning the rest of the gear. "As they drove away they threw me my ID and documents from the window," Mohammed said.
Bron: AP.
The military said it would investigate the photographer's complaint. "On the face of it, the charges are very serious and if they prove to be true we will not hesitate to take action against those involved. This does not represent the army or orders given to soldiers," a military official in the Israeli army spokesman's office said.
The photographer, Majdi Mohammed, who works on occasional assignment for The Associated Press, said the incident took place Tuesday near the West Bank city of Nablus and that troops also destroyed some of his equipment. Mohammed said he was wearing a vest on which the word "PRESS" was clearly written in English and Hebrew.
The photographer said a soldier approached him and demanded to know why he was taking pictures. The soldier then twisted his arm, pushed his face into a wall and repeatedly struck him in the back before taking his camera, digital discs, bag and journalist's identification card, the photographer said.
When Mohammed demanded his camera back, the soldier pressed his face onto the hood of an army jeep, which was hot and lightly burned his face. The soldier then smashed the discs with a rock before returning the rest of the gear. "As they drove away they threw me my ID and documents from the window," Mohammed said.
Bron: AP.
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