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January 16, 2013

Clashes Follow Funeral of Slain Palestinian Teen 
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Clashes also erupted in the occupied West Bank Tuesday at the funeral of
an unarmed Palestinian teen killed by Israeli troops. Seventeen-year-old
Samir Awad was shot multiple times as he tried to walk away from Israeli
soldiers near the Israeli separation wall that carves up the West Bank.
Samir's brother said he was killed on his way to write a final exam at
school.

Mohammed Awad: "He was on his way to school because he had an exam, his
last school exam. After half an hour, they called and told us that my
brother was injured."

Samir Awad was reportedly the fourth unarmed Palestinian killed by
Israeli forces in the Occupied Territories in the last four days,
including a farmer shot in the head in the Gaza Strip. Israeli forces
fired tear gas and rubber-coated bullets at mourners who threw stones
following Awad's funeral.

 

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