Field Update

On Friday, 12 August 2011, a Palestinian was
killed and his sister and brother were injured due to the use of weapons in a
family quarrel in Gaza
City. This incident is part of the state of
security chaos prevailing in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory
(OPT). 

According to investigations conducted by the Palestinian Center
for Human Rights (PCHR), at approximately 18:00 on Friday, 12 August 2011, the
body of Mohammed Anwar Rahmi, 25, from al-Sham’a area in al-Zaytoun
neighborhood in Gaza City, was brought to Shaifa
Hospital in Gaza City. Rahmi was killed by several bullets
throughout the body. At the same time,
his sister, 18-year-old Sahar, was admitted into the intensive care unit as she
was seriously injured by several bullets to the right thigh and leg, and his
brother, 35-year-old Sameeh, was injured by several bullets to the right arm
and the thighs. These casualties
occurred when a member of the family fired from a Kalashnikov rifle at his
brothers and sister during a family quarrel. 

The Palestinian police stated to PCHR that they
moved to the scene, arrested the shooter and opened an investigation. 

PCHR strongly condemns this crime, which is
part of the state of security chaos prevailing in the OPT. PCHR calls upon the Attorney General’s office
to investigate its and prosecute the perpetrator.