Source: Haaretz
Military probe finds Mahmoud Rafat Badran, 15, was shot mistakenly after attack on Israelis, but it's too early to say whether the investigation will lead to a criminal indictment.
The Israeli army’s Central Command was continuing its investigation on Wednesday of the killing of 15-year-old Mahmoud Rafat Badran, who was shot by soldiers on the Jerusalem-Modiin road (Route 443) early Tuesday morning.
The investigation showed that the Palestinian teenager was shot when the soldiers opened fire from a range of a few dozen meters at a Palestinian car that the troops’ commander mistakenly thought was carrying those who had earlier thrown large stones and firebombs at Israeli cars traveling on the road.
The investigation is being conducted in the Binyamin Regional Brigade and the results will be presented to the Israel Defense Forces commander in the West Bank, the head of Central Command and the chief of General Staff. A Military Police investigation has also been launched, after the army made it clear that the teenager had been killed by mistake and was not involved in stone-throwing.
According to the IDF, the incident occurred around half a kilometer east of the Maccabim checkpoint, in the Jerusalem-bound lane, where five Palestinian youths set an ambush for Israeli vehicles near an interchange that connects the road to Palestinian villages and passes under Route 443. The youths spread rocks on the road and poured some 20 liters of oil on the asphalt as well. When cars approached and noticed the stones, they slowed down and were then attacked with stones and firebombs. Two passengers in a private car were lightly wounded by stones and glass shards, as was a bus passenger, and other cars were damaged.
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