6/05/2011

Protesters, Including 11 Year Old Boy, Gunned Down By Israelis


Unconfirmed reports on Syrian state TV said 14 people had been killed and more than 200 wounded. The protesters were marking the 44th anniversary of the 1967 Mid-East war.Several hundred demonstrators - Palestinians and their Syrian supporters - marched to the razor-wired fencing and freshly dug trenches close to the frontier village of Majdal Shams at around noon.
Many carried Palestinian flags and threw rocks and rubbish over the fence.Israel's military said its soldiers shouted warnings in Arabic and fired warning shots in the air, before aiming at the legs of those who had reached the fence.At one point a heavy volley of tear gas from the Israeli side sent many protesters fleeing. An Israeli military spokeswoman told The Jerusalem Post they were only aware of '12 injuries'.

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