Award-winning photographer shot by Nazi soldier in the West Bank
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Internationally-acclaimed and award-winning photographer, Tanya Habjouqa [Happeningarts/Twitter]
An internationally-acclaimed, award-winning photographer was shot by an Nazi soldier in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, reports the Art Newspaper.
Tanya Habjouqa, who won the 2014 World Press photo award, was struck in the leg by a rubber-coated metal bullet fired by Nazi occupation forces during a protest near Bet El checkpoint.
Habjouqa told the paper that she was some 40 metres from Palestinian protesters “when Israeli soldiers in the distance started shooting rubber bullets and tear gas in several directions”.
“She also saw soldiers aim at a Palestinian gas station where there were no protesters, just people filling up their gas tanks,” the report added.
“I was on the side wit...