TEL AVIV, November 16, 2009 (WAFA)- Protesters say the Israel army used live ammunition from Ruger rifles last Friday to disperse a demonstration near the Separation Wall at the West Bank town of Ni'linn West of Ramallah, the Israeli daily Haaretz revealed Monday.
In 2001, the military advocate general ordered a halt to the use of such rifles for crowd control.
Two injured protesters told other demonstrators that a soldier had fired at them from about 40 meters away while they were throwing stones at a jeep parked at an Israeli army outpost.
In June a 35-year-old Ni'lin resident, Aqel Srur, was killed when a member of the Border Police fired a .22-caliber bullet at him.
On Saturday near the Separation Wall, a 10-year-old boy said soldiers had severely beaten him. In addition, 18 protesters near the village of Dir al-Rusun were reportedly arrested.
