Israeli army admits mistakenly killing Palestinian teen

Israel's army admitted mistakenly killing a 15-year old Palestinian teen and mistakenly injuring another Palestinian who where near a violent incident of stone throwing along Route 443 in the West Bank late Monday night, said the Jerusalem Post. 

“A preliminary investigation showed that they were close to the scene but were not involved in the violence,” an army spokeswoman said on Tuesday morning.

The teen who was killed was later identified as Mahmoud Badran from Beit Ur al-Tahta, which is located in the area of both Ramallah and Route 443.

The wounded Palestinian was transferred to a hospital in Ramallah.

Abdul Karim Kassem, head of the village’s local council said Badran was in a car with other passengers "returning from a pool in a village near us when they came under fire.”

The incident occurred as soldiers were chasing Palestinians who had thrown stones and Molotov cocktails at cars on the route, which is one of the main arteries between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.

The army arrested a number of Palestinians for their potential involvement in the stone throwing and are in the midst of interrogating them.

Three civilians were also injured, of whom two are believed to be Israeli and one might be a tourist.

Source ; MENA