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R. Daneel Olivaw

(12,606 posts)
Mon Jul 13, 2015, 06:34 PM Jul 2015

WATCH: Police shoot Palestinian man in face with sponge-tipped bullet

http://972mag.com/watch-police-shoot-palestinian-man-in-face-with-sponge-tipped-bullet/108844/

CCTV footage shows Damiri, a bystander, running into a market to seek cover from the clashes. In the video, Damiri can be seen standing in the market before suddenly collapsing to the ground clutching his face.

Right afterwards, a stun grenade is thrown toward the shop and explodes. Damiri half-crawls to the other side of the shop and then reappears after a few seconds. A trail of blood is left on the floor.

This is the latest in a string of similar injuries that black sponge-tipped rubber bullets have caused over the last year.

Since being introduced in Jerusalem last summer, the new bullets have brought with them facial fractures, broken arms, eye loss (predominantly among children – at least five have lost at least one eye from these projectiles) and at least one death.
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