Teen Furkan Dogan was shot 'point blank in the face as he lay on the deck'
(NEWSER) - The killing of an American activist on board a blockade-running aid flotilla amounted to an "execution" by Israeli forces, a UN committee has found. Furkan Dogan, 19, was shot point blank in the face as he lay on the deck "conscious or semi-conscious for some time" due to earlier bullet wounds, according to a report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The killing of Dogan and five Turkish activists aboard the boat should be considered "extra-legal, arbitrary and summary executions," the report concluded. More»
