Israel has placed a border policeman under house arrest over his alleged involvement in the fatal shooting of a Palestinian boy in the West Bank.
Police said the officer would be held for five days during the inquiry into the incident last week.
Twelve-year-old Ahmed Musa was shot dead in Nilin, west of Ramallah, during a protest against the barrier Israel is building in the West Bank.
Palestinian officials said he had been shot with a live bullet at close range.
Israeli police began investigating the incident after an initial inquiry by the military and border police found that the boy had been killed by Israeli security forces who opened fire to disperse the crowd of protesters.
Eyewitnesses said Ahmed Musa was among a group watching Israeli bulldozers at work on the barrier, Israeli media reported.
The world has this tendency to react with outrage over the killing of innocent Palestinians by Israel, but if the tables were turned, I would hardly expect a single act of inquiry on the side of the Palestinians.
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