Several thousand Palestinians attend the funeral Thursday of a 15-year-old shot dead by Israeli troops who apparently mistook him for a stone-thrower, while new details of the incident emerge.
As the procession of mourners left the home of the teenager’s family in Beit Ur near Ramallah in the West Bank, his mother demands justice.
“It was not a mistake,” Amal Badran says. “They have to be held accountable. Justice must be carried out.”
She says her son had suffered an injustice “like all of the Palestinian people.”
Relatives of 15-year-old Palestinian teenager Mahmoud Badran who was killed by Israeli troops on June 21, mourn during his funeral in the village of Beit Ur-Tahta near the West Bank city of Ramallah on June 23, 2016.(AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI)
Her son, Mahmoud Rafat Badran, was returning from a visit to a water park early Tuesday when police opened fire on the car in which he was travelling, killing him and wounding four of his teenage cousins.
The incident sparked outrage and renewed debate over when Israeli forces should open fire.
— AFP
Mourners carry the body of 15-year-old Palestinian teenager Mahmoud Badran who was killed by Israeli troops on June 21, during his funeral in the village of Beit Ur-Tahta near the West Bank city of Ramallah on June 23, 2016.(AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI)
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