The boy lived in Beit Ur al-Tahta and had been to a pool in the neighboring village of Tira, both west of Ramallah in the West Bank. Story highlights Palestinian boy, 15, was on his way home from a swimming pool when he was shotIsraeli military says it mistakenly thought teen was involved earlier rock-throwing incidentJerusalem (CNN) Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian teenager early Tuesday in the West Bank, mistakenly believing he was involved in an earlier stone-throwing incident, the Israel Defense Forces said. Six other Palestinians in the car were injured, including two who remain in serious condition from gunshot wounds, Qassem said. IDF soldiers were responding to an earlier incident near the village after stones and Molotov cocktails had been thrown close to a road that links Tel Aviv and Jerusalem and cuts through the West Bank. Three civilians were injured, the IDF said, including tourists from Britain and Belgium.

Source: CNN June 21, 2016 14:48 UTC