Masked Palestinian gunmen kill eight collaborators in Tul Karm
haaretz daily | 01.04.2002 18:47
Masked Palestinian gunmen kill eight collaborators in Tul Karm
Two masked Palestinian gunmen entered an intelligence building in Tul Karm on Monday and killed eight men suspected of collaborating with Israel, security sources and witnesses said.
The security sources said Palestinian intelligence officers guarding the building had left their posts when Israeli tanks moved towards the town because they believed the army was poised to enter. Their departure allowed the two gunmen to enter the building and shoot the men dead, the sources said.
Their bodies were dragged out to the road where hundreds of Palestinian onlookers gathered.
Earlier Monday, the bodies of three Palestinians accused of collaborating with Israel were found in the West Bank, Palestinian security sources said. Two were killed after they had been jailed for more than a year.
In Qalqilyah, the bodies of Iyad Abu Ishab, 20, and Walid Radwan, 22, were found riddled with bullets in a side street of the West Bank town.
Palestinians security sources said the two men, who had been arrested and charged for collaborating more than a year ago, were killed by their prison guards. It was not immediately known whether the men were killed in jail and whether their bodies were dumped in the street.
The body of the third suspected collaborator, Mahmood Rahamie, 21, was found in Bethlehem near Manger Square, the traditional birthplace of Jesus. In a statement to Palestinian security forces, the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, Fatah's military wing, said Rahamie had been killed after he was caught sending information to the Israelis over the Internet and by e-mail.
The gunmen who are believed to have shot Rahamie dead, confiscated television footage and photographs of the incident.
A Reuters cameraman and a Reuters photographer who were on the scene shortly afterwards filmed the dead man, who was blindfolded and had his hands tied, as well as his killers.
The gunmen initially allowed Reuters and several other media organizations to continue filming but later ordered them to hand over the footage and photographs, saying: "We will hold you personally responsible if these pictures appear."
The video cassette was destroyed on the spot and the film was wiped clean.
Above there is a picture of the last execute in the palestine authority. The pictures of that execute had been censored by almost every newspapers and media sites, including IMC.
The security sources said Palestinian intelligence officers guarding the building had left their posts when Israeli tanks moved towards the town because they believed the army was poised to enter. Their departure allowed the two gunmen to enter the building and shoot the men dead, the sources said.
Their bodies were dragged out to the road where hundreds of Palestinian onlookers gathered.
Earlier Monday, the bodies of three Palestinians accused of collaborating with Israel were found in the West Bank, Palestinian security sources said. Two were killed after they had been jailed for more than a year.
In Qalqilyah, the bodies of Iyad Abu Ishab, 20, and Walid Radwan, 22, were found riddled with bullets in a side street of the West Bank town.
Palestinians security sources said the two men, who had been arrested and charged for collaborating more than a year ago, were killed by their prison guards. It was not immediately known whether the men were killed in jail and whether their bodies were dumped in the street.
The body of the third suspected collaborator, Mahmood Rahamie, 21, was found in Bethlehem near Manger Square, the traditional birthplace of Jesus. In a statement to Palestinian security forces, the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, Fatah's military wing, said Rahamie had been killed after he was caught sending information to the Israelis over the Internet and by e-mail.
The gunmen who are believed to have shot Rahamie dead, confiscated television footage and photographs of the incident.
A Reuters cameraman and a Reuters photographer who were on the scene shortly afterwards filmed the dead man, who was blindfolded and had his hands tied, as well as his killers.
The gunmen initially allowed Reuters and several other media organizations to continue filming but later ordered them to hand over the footage and photographs, saying: "We will hold you personally responsible if these pictures appear."
The video cassette was destroyed on the spot and the film was wiped clean.
Above there is a picture of the last execute in the palestine authority. The pictures of that execute had been censored by almost every newspapers and media sites, including IMC.
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