Israeli soldiers shot and wounded a man with special needs near occupied West Bank’s Hebron, at close range, for no apparent reason, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports.
A heavyset man with a cumbersome gait walks slowly toward two Israel Defense Forces soldiers. The iron gate at the checkpoint is behind him, shared taxis waiting for passengers are parked at the side of the road, he’s holding a plastic bag.
From his peculiar walk, with his body swaying from side to side, it’s quite clear that he is a person with special needs. Not a moment passes before the soldiers shoot him in the leg at close range, without warning, for no apparent reason.
The man collapses to the ground, goes into spasms, is writhing in pain and screaming and bellowing like a wounded animal. The two soldiers continue to train their weapons on him. He rolls around on the road, terrified and in agony.
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