Hamas Kidnaps Palestinian Policeman, Clashes Erupt

(Reuters/MSNBC) - Hamas supporters and Palestinian security forces traded gunfire in Gaza on Thursday after the arrest of 7 Hamas members suspected of kidnapping a policeman on Wednesday. Hamas activists said the policeman was kidnapped in retaliation for police arrests of a senior Hamas member days before. Hamas supporters attacked police stations with stones and burned tires in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood. Four people were wounded.


2003-09-19 00:00:00

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