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Israeli soldiers extinguish cigarettes on prisoner’s body

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Palestinian Prisoner Society revealed on Tuesday that the Palestinian captive Akram Abu Taqatqa,18, from Bait Fujjar town near Bethlehem was subjected to abuse at the hands of Israeli soldiers during his arrest on June 22.

The lawyer of the Society, Jacqueline Fararjeh, said after she paid a visit to the captive in Etzion jail that Israeli soldiers attacked him by severe beating and one of them extinguished his cigarette on his hand.

Marks of torture are still obvious on the captive’s body, she pointed out.

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