A year ago this month..

A year ago this month.. Sept, 3 2004 Susan Brannon

The child was named as Abd A Salam Sumrin by Ramallah hospital director Hosni Atari, who said he had been shot through the chest by a heavy machine-gun bullet fired by a tank Thursday. The boy's mother, Wafiqa, said her husband had sent him to a nearby grocery to buy cigarettes. She said five minutes after her son left the house, someone came to tell her he had been shot. Palestinian police said there were no clashes reported in the area at the time, and said witnesses had said it was an armoured personnel carrier which fired on the child. The police said an Israeli army curfew was in place at the time, but said there appeared to be no other motive for the shooting.