They were shot multiple times at close range. 30 bullets in 9 people .
Gaza flotilla activists were shot in head at close range | World news | The Guardian
In addition people are saying that 4 injured were thrown overboard.
They say 4 people but I understand 3 are missing. In the heat of the moment 3 could look like 4
'Israelis threw 4 injured into the sea'
You can hear in this previous video Israel telling the Arion they WILL fire on them (about 15 minutes through)
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I appreciate that Israeli soldiers are injured. I do not like anyone being injured and killed. 9 civilians were killed. What I said was that I think Europe in general has a different psychological reaction to things of this nature as you can see by our anger when police get heavy at for instance G8 summits.
If Israel had done nothing to provoke these people, who admittedly ought to have been like previous ships and not subject to provocation even when told they are about to be fired on...but if Israel had not provoked and/or fired on them first, then simply seeing them on the ship with their wooden battons and pipes imo ought to have been cause to stop for a bit and rethink. Not necessarily to let them in to Gaza but at least to talk to the other members of the flotilla who did not act in this way to get the situation changed.
The situation is far from clear yet.
Turkish people are very angry at the moment.