Event · Land & rights31 July 2015

The Duma arson attack

جريمة إحراق عائلة دوابشة في دوما

Exact day31 July 2015

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When
31 July 2015Exact day
Where
Dumaapproximate position
Weight
66 · Notable eventKilling or attack
Sources
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On 31 July 2015 suspected Jewish extremists set fire to a family home in Duma, near Nablus, killing the toddler Ali Dawabsha and critically injuring his parents. The UN Secretary-General condemned it as a terrorist act and blamed continued impunity for settler violence.

The attack

UN News reported that the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, described a vicious arson attack by suspected Jewish extremists in the village of Duma, near Nablus, which killed the Palestinian toddler Ali, critically injured his mother and father, and injured his four-year-old sibling.1

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Condemned

The Secretary-General strongly condemned the murder of a Palestinian child and called for the perpetrators of this terrorist act to be promptly brought to justice, saying that continued failures to address impunity for repeated acts of settler violence had led to another horrific incident.2

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  • PlaceDuma

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  1. Senior UN officials condemn West Bank arson attack that killed Palestinian child ↗

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    today's vicious arson attack by suspected Jewish extremists in the Occupied West Bank village of Duma, near Nablus, which killed Palestinian toddler Ali, critically injured his mother and father, and injured his four-year old sibling
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  2. Senior UN officials condemn West Bank arson attack that killed Palestinian child ↗

    United Nations · section: Story text

    Original-language quotation · en
    The Secretary-General strongly condemns today's murder of a Palestinian child in the West Bank and calls for the perpetrators of this terrorist act to be promptly brought to justice
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Dates & remembrance

07-31 · occurrence
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