Boy in critical condition after shot in head by Israeli troops

[ProgressiveMuslim]

Date: 04 / 04 / 2009 Time: 17:03



Qalqlia – Ma’an – A Palestinian teenager was seriously injured by a rubber-coated bullet fired by Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Qalqiliya on Saturday.

The boy, 14-year-old Imad Ash-Shanti, was reportedly struck in the head.

Palestinian security sources told Ma'an that three Israeli armored vehicles invaded the southeastern section of Qalqiliya on Saturday, after which Palestinian youth threw stones and empty bottles at soldiers, who fired on them.

Ash-Shanti was evacuated to a UN hospital nearby, where his condition was described as serious.

http://maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=36877

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1. Is he in "critical" condition or "serious" as it says in the text?

Not that there's a difference.