Field Update

On Saturday evening, Mohammed Shaker Bulbul,
22, from Gaza City, was killed when his father used a firearm in a family
dispute. This incident is part of the
state of security chaos and proliferation of weapons prevailing in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory. 

According to investigations conducted by the
Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), at approximately 18:30 on Saturday,
23 April 2011, a
family dispute erupted between members of the Bulbul family in al-Tuffah
neighborhood in the east of Gaza City. The dispute developed into using a firearm and shooting into the air by
Shaker Bulbul, as a result of which his son, 22-year-old Mohammed, was killed
with a bullet to the chest. 

The police spokesman, Major Ayman al-Batniji,
stated to PCHR that the police arrested 4 persons on the ground of the dispute,
including Shaker Bulbul, who confessed shooting during the dispute. Major al-Batniji added that the police
continued its investigations. 

PCHR strongly condemns the use of weapons in
family disputes, which is part of the state of security chaos and proliferation
of weapons in, and calls upon the Attorney General to seriously investigate
this incident and to bring the perpetrators to justice.