woensdag, januari 14, 2004
Tom Hurndall, a British peace activist and photographer, shot in the head while observing the Israeli army in Gaza last April has died in hospital. Hurndall (22) was overcome by pneumonia at the Royal Hospital for Neurodisability, in south-west London. He had been in a coma since being shot in a Palestinian refugee camp.
An Israeli soldier has already been indicted on six charges, including one of aggravated assault. Mr Hurndall's family now want a murder charge. The soldier initially said he had returned fire at a man armed with a pistol - but under interrogation admitted firing a shot near an unarmed civilian, according to the Israeli army.
Eyewitnesses are said to have seen Mr Hurndall, a former photography student at Manchester Metropolitan University, pulling two Palestinian children to safety in Rafah. British cameraman James Miller was shot dead in the same area on 2 May, also by Israeli soldiers. In March, an Israeli bulldozer crushed US activist Rachel Corrie to death in Rafah as she tried to protest against the demolition of a house.
Bron: BBC News.
An Israeli soldier has already been indicted on six charges, including one of aggravated assault. Mr Hurndall's family now want a murder charge. The soldier initially said he had returned fire at a man armed with a pistol - but under interrogation admitted firing a shot near an unarmed civilian, according to the Israeli army.
Eyewitnesses are said to have seen Mr Hurndall, a former photography student at Manchester Metropolitan University, pulling two Palestinian children to safety in Rafah. British cameraman James Miller was shot dead in the same area on 2 May, also by Israeli soldiers. In March, an Israeli bulldozer crushed US activist Rachel Corrie to death in Rafah as she tried to protest against the demolition of a house.
Bron: BBC News.
# posted by Jan-Edward : 08:51
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