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Wednesday, September 7, 2005
PCHR: Major General Mousa Arafat Killed and His Son Kidnapped by Gunmen

PCHR
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights

Press Release

Ref: 103/2005
Date: 07 September 2005
Time: 11:00 GMT

Major General Mousa Arafat Killed and His Son Kidnapped by Gunmen

PCHR strongly condemns the assassination committed by unknown gunmen early
this morning, which killed Major General Mousa Arafat, the Military Advisor
of the Palestinian President. Arafat's son was also kidnapped by the gunmen
who stormed the family's house in Gaza City. PCHR considers this crime an
escalation of the state of security chaos in the Palestinian territories,
which undermines the rule of law.

According to preliminary investigations conducted by PCHR, at approximately
03:45 on Wednesday, 8 September 2005, dozens of gunmen armed with machine
guns and anti-tank RBJ missiles and traveling in at least 20 vehicles
stormed the house of Major General Mousa Arafat, 69, the Military Advisor of
the Palestinian President and the former commander of the Military
Intelligence, in Tal al-Hawa neighborhood in the southwest of Gaza City.
They defeated the guards after exchanging fire with them. Three guards were
injured and others were handcuffed by the gunmen. The attackers were able
to break into the house. They took Aarafat out and shot him from close
range. Then, they carried him towards a main street in the neighborhood and
fired several live bullets again at his head. The gunmen also kidnapped
Arafat's son, Manhal, 38, an officer of the Military Intelligence. The fate
of the son is still unknown.

PCHR strongly condemns this crime:

1. remains gravely concerned at the deterioration in the internal
security situation and believes that this latest crimes constitutes a
serious escalation of the state of security chaos.

2. asserts that regardless of the drive for this assassination, those
responsible for corruption can be held accountable by legal bodies and the
judiciary, and strongly rejects the use of violence and weapons which
threaten the safety and security of the Palestinian society.

3. PCHR calls upon the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) to
effectively investigate this assassination, uncover its details and bring
the perpetrators to justice. PCHR calls upon the PNA to investigate the
delay of arrival of security services at the scene even though the office of
the Palestinian President is only 300 meters away from Arafat's house and
the headquarters of the Preventive Security is also very close.

4. PCHR believes that such crimes undermine the rule of law.

Public Document

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For more information please call PCHR office in Gaza, Gaza Strip, on +972 8
2824776 - 2825893

PCHR, 29 Omer El Mukhtar St., El Remal, PO Box 1328 Gaza, Gaza Strip.
E-mail: pchr@pchrgaza.org, Webpage http://www.pchrgaza.org

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