Al Mezan Center demands a probe into the death of a Gaza resident

Sunday August 19, 2007 12:31 by IMEMC Staff

The Al Mezan Center of Human Rights issued a press release on Sunday demanding a probe into the death of a Palestinian resident who went missing last week, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and his body was found on Sunday morning bearing torture marks and a gunshot injury.

Initial investigations by the Center revealed that the family of Nimir Abul-Karim Abu Mhadi, 44, received a phone call on Sunday at dawn, and the caller informed them that their son is near the evacuated settlement of Nitzarim, in the southern of the Gaza Strip.

When his family went to the location they found their son bleeding and took him to Al Shifa hospital in Gaza City where he died of his wounds.

The investigation also revealed that an unknown caller phoned Abu Mhadi on his mobile at 2 a.m on Sunday August 12, as he was in his house in Al Nusseirat refugee camp.  Abu Mhadi then left the house in a rush and went missing since then. Earlier the same morning, his family went out looking for him and found his vehicle parked near the coastal road north of Gaza Valley Bridge, but he was not in it.

Medical sources reported that after forensics examined the body of Abu Mhadi they revealed that he was tortured and that he was shot in his left knee.

He was also tied for a long period which caused bleeding in his tissues.

The Al Mezan Center slammed the killing of Abu Mhadi, the torture he was subjected to, and demanded an immediate probe into the incident in order to arrest the assailants and prosecute them.

Translated by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC

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