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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Emine Sinmaz and Sufian Taha in Beit Ummar, West Bank

‘It was an execution’: family mourns boy shot dead by Israeli forces

A man and a woman sat on a sofa with two children both holding portraits of a boy
‘There is no excuse. It is a crime.’ The family of Nihal Abu Ayash mourn after his death at the hands of Israeli forces. Photograph: Emine Sinmaz

Nihal Abu Ayash was wearing his football kit and carrying his school bag when he was shot in the head and killed after Israeli forces opened fire in the West Bank town of Beit Ummar.

The first bullet reportedly hit the 16-year-old in the leg. He collapsed, and as he tried to stand up, he was shot for a second time in the head, according to the schoolboy’s family.

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