JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel charged a policeman on Sunday in the fatal shooting of a teenage Palestinian protester, accusing him of deliberately switching his rubber bullets for the live round that killed the youth.
The prosecutors' decision to level a charge of manslaughter rather than murder drew criticism from the boy's father, who said there was ample proof the killing was premeditated.
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