Explosion hits Palestinian intelligence HQ
(AP)
Updated: 2006-05-20 16:05 An explosion rocked the
Palestinian intelligence headquarters in Gaza City on Saturday and at least
three people were wounded, witnesses said.
One official said the blast went off in an elevator as the commander of the
intelligence service, Gen. Tareq Abu Ghajab, was in the area. It was not
immediately clear if the general was among those hurt.
The wounded were driven to a nearby hospital in cars of the intelligence
service. Fellow agents fired in the air from the windows of the vehicles to
clear the way.
The blast came at a time of growing tension between the Hamas government and
the Palestinian security forces loyal to moderate President Mahmoud
Abbas.
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