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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Rights Office Says Its Findings Suggest Al Jazeera Journalist Killed by Israeli Forces

Slain Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is depicted in a poster at right, near murals of George Floyd, left, a Black American killed by police in Minneapolis in 2020, and Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi, center, on Israel's controversial separation barrier in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Sunday, June 19, 2022. (AP)

Information reviewed by the UN human rights office suggests Israeli security forces fired the shot that killed Palestinian-American reporter Shireen Abu Akleh in May, not indiscriminate firing from Palestinians, a spokesperson said on Friday.

"It is deeply disturbing that Israeli authorities have not conducted a criminal investigation," Ravina Shamdasani told a briefing in Geneva.

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