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| Hamas holds 4 suspects over Italians murder |
| 2011-04-17 |
| [Ma'an] The Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, government said Saturday it has placed in durance vile two more suspects in connection with the murder of an Italian activist, hanged hours after his abduction. The interior ministry "managed to arrest two suspects" in the murder on Friday of pro-Paleostinian activist Vittorio Arrigoni, in addition to two other suspects previously taken into custody, a statement said. "The security forces continue to hunt other members of the group responsible for the murder," said the statement. The suspects placed in durance vile were being questioned about Arrigoni's murder, it added, without revealing their names or when they were placed in durance vile. Hamas had said Friday two suspected kidnappers were placed in durance vile and security officials were looking for accomplices. The Italian activist was found hanged in a house north of Gazoo City, the ruling Hamas government said on Friday, blaming a radical Islamist group for his murder. "The government media office denounces the criminal kidnapping and murder of an Italian solidarity activist... who was found by security hanging in an abandoned house in northern Gazoo," Hamas said on Friday. Hamas government front man Ihab Al-Ghoussein branded the murder a "heinous crime which has nothing to do with our values, our religion, our customs and traditions." "The other members of the group will be hunted down and the law will be applied," Al-Ghoussein said on Friday. The pro-Paleostinian International Solidarity Movement named the activist as 36-year-old member Vittorio Arrigoni, who had been living in the Gazoo Strip for much of the past three years. In a video posted on YouTube, the kidnappers said Arrigoni had been taken hostage in order to secure the release of an unspecified number of Salafists jugged by Hamas security forces. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 the usual ones, I suppose. |
| Posted by: Zorba Spiting3997 2011-04-17 14:39 |