Palestinian shot, injured by IDF at West Bank protest

Published September 15th, 2015 - 12:35 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

IDF forces, during an attempt to disperse, a riot in the West Bank city of Tul Karm on Tuesday, injured a Palestinian man. According to the IDF spokesperson's office a demonstration of some 170 Palestinians in the city included throwing of firebombs. 

The IDF forces attempted to disperse the crowd using riot dispersal methods, but when this failed they opened fire at the lower extremities of the rioters resulting in the injury of the Palestinian man. 

It was not clear what condition he was in. 

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