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UN calls for probe into killing of Palestine teen

2 years ago
Norway's representative in the Palestinian Territories Tor Wennesland on February 17, 2009 [KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP via Getty Images]

UN Special Envoy to the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland on February 17, 2009 [KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP/ Getty Images]

The United Nations coordinator for the Middle East peace process, Tor Wennesland, yesterday called for an “immediate and comprehensive investigation” into a recent Israeli killing to a teenage Palestinian girl, Fulla Masalmeh.

“Appalled by the tragic killing of a 15-year old Palestinian girl, Folah Al-Masalmah, by Israeli security forces during a raid this morning near Ramallah. My heartfelt condolences to her family & loved ones,” he wrote on Twitter.

He added that “This requires an immediate and thorough investigation into her death.”

Fifteen-year-old Fulla was shot dead by the Israeli forces during a raid in the occupied West Bank’s central city of Beitunia yesterday morning.

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