Trial opens of Israeli soldier who shot wounded Palestinian

[WorldNews]

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The politically charged trial began Monday of an Israeli soldier accused of shooting dead a wounded Palestinian assailant as he lay on the ground. The head of the military court's three-judge panel read out the manslaughter indictment to Elor Azaria, who was clad in his uniform and surrounded by family in the cramped courtroom, an AFP journalist said. Azaria, who also holds French citizenship, shot dead the 21-year-old Palestinian on March 24 in the city of Hebron, in the south of the occupied West Bank.

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