Israeli rights group's video purports to show Israeli soldier shooting fleeing Palestinian
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}An Israeli human rights group has released a video that purports to show a high-ranking Israeli officer fatally shooting a fleeing Palestinian teenager who had thrown a stone at his vehicle.
The surveillance camera footage appears to undercut earlier claims by the military that the officer, a brigade commander, opened fire on July 3 because his life was in danger.
The B'Tselem rights group released the video Sunday. It shows a Palestinian rushing at the vehicle, throwing an object at the windshield and running away. The vehicle then stops, a soldier jumps out, aims his gun and charges. The soldier's face cannot be seen clearly. The video has no sound.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}B'Tselem says the footage makes the military's earlier explanation "unreasonable." The military says the incident is still under investigation.