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| Palestinians free Jenin ex-militant Zubeidi on bail |
| 2012-10-03 |
| [Al Ahram] Zakaria Zubeidi, the former head of the Al-Aqsa Martyr Brigades thug group, told AFP on Tuesday he had been released on bail by the Paleostinian security forces. But Zubeidi, who was tossed in the clink Please don't kill me! in the northern West Bank city of Jenin in May, said he still faces charges of taking part in a shooting attack on the residence of Jenin governor Qaddura Musa. Musa died after suffering a heart attack during the incident, and Paleostinian security forces tossed in the clink Please don't kill me! dozens of people, including Zubeidi, shortly afterwards. Zubeidi, 33 said he was now facing charges of participating in the attack, which he denied, as well as holding a weapon used in the shooting. "The charges against me include the possession of weapons and shooting against the house of the governor of Jenin, despite the arrest of the two men who shot up the house," he said. "One of these men, an officer of the Paleostinian Authority, asked me to keep his weapon," he said, adding that he had no idea it had been used in the incident. Jenin MP Shami al-Shami said Zubeidi and several other detainees released on Monday evening were innocent of the Musa attack. "The people freed have nothing to do with the incident of shooting against the former governor of Jenin or the murders in the area," he told AFP, saying they were "only being pursued for holding weapons." |
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