Cop Shoots Sheikh Jarrah Girl in Back with Sponge-Tipped Bullet

Communist Party of Israel

An Israeli cop shot a sponge-tipped bullet into the back of a Palestinian teenage girl in occupied East Jerusalem as she was obeying his orders to get back into her home. In footage first aired Tuesday, May 25, by Kan news, Janna Kiswani, 16, and several of her relatives can be seen stepping out of the door of their home in the flashpoint Palestinian neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah on May 18, as a protest was held nearby. Janna Kiswani in hospital (Screen capture: Twitter) Video taken from a second angle shows officers outside the home, one of whom threatens, “to give you one” if they did not go back inside. As the family turned to head back inside their house, one of the police officers fires his gun in that direction. In the first video, Janna is seen collapsing and can be heard crying out after being struck in the back.…

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Cop Shoots Sheikh Jarrah Girl in Back with Sponge-Tipped Bullet