About 500 people rallied in downtown Nablus, demanding an end to the virtual immunity of gunmen from prosecution or punishment for crimes ranging from robbery to murder. On Wednesday, 3 gunmen went into a pharmacy to abduct another man. On the way out, witnesses said, one of the gunmen fired randomly on the street, killing Amnah Abu Hiljah, 36, who was holding her 2-month-old baby. In a second incident, a 14-year-old boy was killed when a bomb he was playing with exploded, security officials said, adding that the device was like those planted on West Bank roads against Israeli vehicles. (AP)
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