| PALESTINIAN CHILD KILLED AND HIS BROTHER WOUNDED WHEN THEY FOOZLED WITH A ROCKET IN BEIT HANOUN August 29, 2006 |
| PCHR Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Security Caos and Proliferation of Small Arms Misuse of Weapons by Armed Groups and Security Forces Field Update 29 August 2006 A Child Killed and His Brother Wounded When They Foozled with a Rocket in Beit Hanoun On Monday noon, 28 August 2006, a child was killed and his brother was wounded as they foozled with a locally made rocket near their house in northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun. In another incident, unknown gunmen fired at an officer of the Palestinian National Security Forces in Beit Lahia, but no casualties were reported. According to investigations conducted by PCHR, at approximately 13:15 on Monday, 28 August 2006, a heavy explosion occurred in a room near a house belonging to Khaled Mohammed al-Za'anin in al-Qaraman Street in Beit Hanoun. As a result, the owner's son, 17-year-old Mohammed, was instantly killed, and his other son, 14-year-old Bilal, was injured by shrapnel throughout the body. The explosion occurred when the two brothers were foozling with a locally made rocket apparently stored in the room by Palestinian resistance activists. On Saturday morning, 26 August 2006, a number of gunmen traveling in a civilian car opened fire at another civilian car, in which Talal'Abdul Rahman Abu Saflya, 37, an officer of the Palestinian National Security Forces, from Jabalya town in the northern Gaza Strip, was traveling. Abu Safiya's car was severely damaged, but he was not hurt. PCHR is gravely concerned over the continued number of deaths and injuries resulting from the misuse of weapons, which has become a prominent feature of the ongoing security chaos in the region. PCHR calls upon the Palestinian National Authority, represented by the Attorney-General to investigate such incidents and bring those found responsible for them to justice. Public Document ******************************************** For more information please call PCHR office in Gaza, Gaza Strip, on +972 8 2824776 - 2825892 |
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