Again a Deadly Victim of Occupation 2011 | Khaldoun Majoud Majeb Al Samoudi | Shot to Death at Checkpoint

January 8, 2011 by occupiedpalestine 0 Comments

Published today (updated) 08/01/2011 13:51

NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli troops stationed at Hamra checkpoint east of Nablus on Saturday shot and killed a Palestinian man, medics said.

Onlookers identified the victim as 25-year-old Khaldoun Sammoudi, of Al-Yamun village near Jenin.

Palestinian Red Crescent medics said forces initially declared the area a closed military zone and ordered ambulances to stay 300 meters away.

An Israeli military spokesman said a man approached the checkpoint in a taxi, then got out of the vehicle and ran towards forces holding a suspicious object and shouting “Allah Akbar.” He did not heed orders to stop and forces followed operational procedures and shot him, the army official said.

The spokesman said the man was carrying a pipe bomb, and that the area was declared a closed military zone while soldiers neutralized it.

Forces also found an explosive device and a knife on the man’s body, he added.

When the man left the taxi, all the other passengers fled the scene, the spokesman said.

An eyewitness told Ma’an’s correspondent that Sammoudi stepped out of a car and approached the checkpoint in a hurry. Some of the soldiers ran away while another soldier ordered Sammoudi to stop and then opened fire at him, the witness said.

He added that soldiers stripped the man of his clothes and left him to bleed to death.

Onlookers said forces also violently beat a Palestinian man identified as Amir Al-Kharraz at the checkpoint. Al-Kharraz is a guard at a nearby park, witnesses said.

A military spokesman was not aware of the incident.

Less than a week ago soldiers shot and killed a 21-year-old Palestinian at the same checkpoint. A military spokeswoman said Ahmad Maslamani approached soldiers in an unauthorized lane carrying a glass bottle and did not heed orders to stop. Soldiers followed operational procedure and opened fire, she said.

Witnesses said the victim approached the checkpoint carrying a coca-cola can, a female soldier shouted at him and two male soldiers immediately opened fire. Medics said Maslamani’s body was riddled with bullets.

Earlier on Saturday, soldiers closed the Container Checkpoint east of Bethlehem and inspected Palestinian cars.

Following the shooting, Israeli forces erected a flying checkpoint at the entrance to the northern West Bank village of Talluza and inspected all cars and passengers.

Maan News Agency: Israeli forces shoot Palestinian at checkpoint.

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انّا للہ و انّا الیه راجعون

May Allah Subhana wa Ta’ ala grant the Shaheed Khaldoun Majoud Majeb Al Samoudy Jannatul Firdaus, and ease it for his family, loved ones and anyone around him. Allahumma Ameen ya Rabbil Alameen. ‘ Inna Lillahi wa ‘ Inna ‘ Ilayhi Raj’ in, Allahu Akbar

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