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Wednesday, August 5, 2015
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Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Algerian soccer player wears photo of murdered Palestinian baby
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAlgerian soccer player Baghdad Bounedjah of the Etoile Sportive du Sahel soccer club in neighboring Tunisia celebrates a winning goal in a game by lifting his team shirt and revealing a photo onhis undershirt of murdered Palestinian toddler Ali Dawabsha.
The 18-month-old was killed Friday in a suspected terror attack by Jewish extremists who firebombed his family home in the West Bank village of Duma. His brother and parents were also seriously hurt in the attack.
Bounedjah scored the winning goal in the Tuesday night game’s 65th minute, after which he ran toward the crowd with his outer shirt held high and the photo of Dawabsha showing beside a Palestinian flag, according to the Palestinian news agency Ma’an.
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