By Turgut Alp Boyraz
JERUSALEM
An Israeli policeman was arrested Wednesday on suspicions that he shot and killed Palestinian youth Nadim Nuwara six months ago, Israeli media has reported.
The suspect was detained by the Israeli police and taken to an arraignment hearing, according to Israeli Army radio.
Nuwara, 17, was allegedly killed by Israeli security forces – along with Mohamed Abu Thahr, 16 – in the West Bank town of Beitunia during clashes marking Nakba Day, when Palestinians commemorate the loss of their homeland during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
In May, Defense for Children International, a human rights group, released a two-minute video on YouTube that purports to show the incident.
The video was edited down from six hours of surveillance footage taken from a camera affixed to a nearby Palestinian-owned business, according to the rights group.
In the footage, the men who are shot do not appear to be involved in the clashes.
The U.S. had subsequently called on the Israeli government to investigate the fatal shooting of the two Palestinian youths in the West Bank.
The Israeli authorities, for their part, said they were investigating the video, which has circulated widely on the internet.
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