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| Molotov cocktail thrown at house of Bethlehem mayor |
| 2002-10-14 |
| Unidentified assailants fired into the air and threw a molotov cocktail at the house of Bethlehem Mayor Hanna Nasser, the mayor told AFP. No one was injured in the attack, and Palestinian security forces were quick to the scene, putting out the fire caused by the molotov cocktail, he said. It was not initially clear who carried out the attack, which lies several hundred meters (yards) away from Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity. "A car drove past the house and fired into the air several times, then threw a molotov cocktail at the house, damaging the door but thank God it didn't come inside," Nasser told AFP by phone. "I am astonished that this happened -- I don't have any enemies and I am not provoking any political faction." That's grounds enough to have your house shot up in Paleostine... Nasser said he feared the incident could be "manipulated by many sides, especially by those who do not want quiet in Bethlehem", but did not elaborate further. The gunnies seem to be having a good time shooting up people's houses lately... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |