A Palestinian teenager from a refugee camp on the outskirts of Jerusalem has died, after he was wounded during clashes with Border Police.
The Israeli police do not confirm the death but say violent riots broke out in Shuafat for the second consecutive night and that during the unrest, a single shot was fired by an officer toward a suspect “who endangered the forces while firing aerial fireworks in their direction.”
“The suspect was apprehended, arrested, and transferred for medical treatment,” the statement says.
The teen, 13-year-old Rami Hamdan al-Halhuli, was later pronounced dead at a local hospital.
Video of the incident shows him holding up a firecracker after it was lit by another young Palestinian, before falling to the ground as an apparent gunshot is heard. The firework is launched as he’s falling.
The Palestinian Red Crescent says it treated five wounded by Israeli fire.
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