American critically injured after being shot in the head by Israeli forces!!!

In this image made from TV paramedics carry an injured American man who was severely wounded in a clash between protesters and Israeli troops in the town of Naalin, in the West Bank, Friday March 13 2009. Protesters said Tristan Anderson was hit in the head with a tear gas canister. The military had no details on how he was hurt. The protest took place Friday in the town of Naalin, which is the scene of frequent protests by Palestinians and international backers against Israel’s West Bank separation barrier. The barrier is running through farmland belonging to the town. The military says the area is a closed military zone and has banned demonstrations. (AP Photo / Arafat Kana’an)

For Immediate Release

13th Friday 2009, Ni’lin Village: An American citizen has been critically injured in the village of Ni’lin after Israeli forces shot him in the head with a tear-gas canister.

Tristan Anderson from California USA, 37 years old, has been taken to Israeli hospital Tel Hashomer, near Tel Aviv. Anderson is unconscious and has been bleeding heavily from the nose and mouth. He sustained a large hole in his forehead where he was struck by the canister. He is currently being operated on.

Tristan was shot by the new tear-gas canisters that can be shot up to 500m. I ran over as I saw someone had been shot, while the Israeli forces continued to fire tear-gas at us. When an ambulance came, the Israeli soldiers refused to allow the ambulance through the checkpoint just outside the village. After 5 minutes of arguing with the soldiers, the ambulance passed.
– Teah Lunqvist (Sweden) – International Solidarity Movement
The Israeli army began using to use a high velocity tear gas canister in December 2008. The black canister, labeled in Hebrew as “40mm bullet special/long range,” can shoot over 400 meters. The gas canister does not make a noise when fired or emit a smoke tail. A combination of the canister’s high velocity and silence is extremely dangerous and has caused numerous injuries, including a Palestinian male whose leg was broken in January 2009.

Source: http://palsolidarity.org/2009/03/5324

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