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Two Palestinian teens killed at Nakba Day protest in West Bank
Two youth killed in violent clashes as thousands mark Nakba Day, 11 injured; Palestinian sources say they were shot by Border PoliceBy Jack Khoury, Chaim Levinson, Nir Hasson and Gili Cohen | May 15, 2014
Two Palestinians were shot dead by Border Police at a Nakba protest outside the Ofer Military Prison near Ramallah, Palestinian sources reported Thursday.
Hospital officials said Muhammad Abu Thahr, 15, and Nadim Nuwara, 17, were both shot in the chest outside Israel's Ofer Prison near the Palestinian city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. According to the sources, they were shot with live ammunition.
Three youths were hospitalized with bullet wounds, medical sources in Ramallah reported. One had a chest wound and was operated on immediately. The other two were wounded in their limbs.
The Israeli military said that rubber bullets, stun grenades and tear gas – but not live ammunition - were used at the site of the incident. The Israel Defense Forces has launched an investigation.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.590861
