Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Images of a Tehran Citizen after 120 Pellet Shot Wounds




Images of a Tehran citizen after a protest at Kalej bridge, Tehran on the day of Ashoura, Sunday December 27, 2009. The man was shot by an anti-riot police’s pellet gun.

According to Human Rights Activists in Iran, after the the protest, several citizens from Tehran were hit by pellets at the Kalej bridge crossroad. In the incident, several were injured and at least one person was fatally wounded.

The injured were taken to various hospitals. Many refused to go, fearing arrest upon arrival.
Below are pictures of the citizen who was shot with 120 pellets. Yesterday, the man fled the hospital before he could get arrested.

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