Cleric gunned down in Gaza after plea for calm
Posted by Robert on January 6, 2007 6:48 AM
He called for an end to fighting between Hamas and Fatah, and was shot dead. By Nidal al-Mughrabi for [1] Reuters, with thanks to all who sent this in:
GAZA (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen shot dead a Muslim cleric after he delivered a sermon in the Gaza Strip on Friday calling for an end to fierce factional fighting between Hamas and Fatah, hospital officials and local residents said....The Muslim cleric, who was in a car when the gunmen opened fire, was affiliated with neither Hamas nor Fatah. No group claimed responsibility for the shooting, which occurred after services at a mosque in the Maghazi refugee camp.
Residents said the cleric had sharply criticized internal fighting in his Friday sermon.
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