Stun gun used on Aussie photographer

Australian photographer Kate Geraghty was tasered on the arm by Israeli soldiers who
stormed a flotilla of boats heading to Gaza, a fellow passenger claims.
The Fairfax photographer along with senior Fairfax journalist Paul McGeough have
been detained by Israeli authorities since Monday afternoon (AEST) when the naval
commandos boarded the ships and took control.
At least nine people were killed during the takeover, with others injured and more
than 100 detained.
One of the first to be released on Wednesday (AEST) was organiser with the Free Gaza
Flotilla, Huwaida Arraf, a dual US/Israeli citizen who said she was aboard the
US-flagged vessel Challenger 1 along with The Sydney Morning Herald's Geraghty and
McGeough.
"They were on the Challenger 1 with me and I know that Kate was tasered and was not
feeling well," Ms Arraf told ABC Radio 702 on Wednesday afternoon.
"She was trying to send out some pictures before our boat was taken over but all of
our satellite capabilities were jammed and she was not able to do that."
Once the commandos boarded the vessel, one of their first acts was to seize all
communication equipment, cameras and memory cards, Ms Arraf said.
"I did not see her being tasered but when we were all gathered into a room when they
had subdued all of us and taken over the boat, she did show us her wound on her arm
and she said that she wasn't feeling well and that she was hurt, but I didn't see
the actual tasering and how she reacted to it," Ms Arraf said.
Geraghty's mother, Pat Geraghty, told ABC Radio in Adelaide on Wednesday she had
spoken to her daughter overnight and that she was fine.
"She said `Mum I'm fine, I am being held in this ... detention centre and waiting to
see officials from the consulate'," Ms Geraghty said.
Fairfax is yet to confirm that Geraghty was tasered during the ambush, but a
spokesman for the media group said a statement is expected to be issued later on
Wednesday.