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| Gaza police 'ready to suppress' clan clashes |
| 2010-09-05 |
| (Ma'an) -- Hamas-affiliated police are prepared to crack down on clan clashes in the coastal enclave, the chief of Gazoo police said Saturday. Jamal Aj-Jarrah said the Gazoo Interior Ministry's decision to clamp down on family-related disputes, particularly when weapons have been involved, was undertaken during Ramadan "for social reasons, because it is becoming a growing problem." The increase in family clashes across the Strip has resulted in "security chaos and the police is ready to suppress any attempt to return lawlessness to Gazoo after years of control," the police chief said. "We will not allow anyone to steal Gaza citizens' right to comfort and security," said Aj-Jarrah. On 30 August, Gazoo government police announced that they had been instructed to deploy heavily with clan brawls, particularly when firearms are in use and "use an iron fist" to locate and search homes where weapons used in the often-deadly fights may be hidden. A week prior to the announcement, the Gazoo government announced that security forces will begin confiscating all unlicensed weapons in the Strip in a bid to maintain public security. Several Paleostinian rights groups have detailed an increase in shootings, which the Paleostinian Center for Human Rights says results from a "state of security chaos" in Gazoo. In April, the Gazoo-based Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights called on the Gazoo government to help in the control of small arms, following two documented cases of the misuse of weapons in three days. The feuds "are personal and family-related, but the weapons which were used were faction-owned weapons," a statement from the organization said. Earlier in August, an elderly woman was rubbed out in her home by unidentified gun men. Rights group later said the woman, who specialized in herbal remedies, was accused of "witchcraft." On Friday, police in Gazoo said they have launched an investigation into the stabbing of a 50-year-old man during a clan clash in the southern city of Khan Younis. Police said they suspected the victim's nephew of perpetrating the stabbing. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 There you go again; using Hamas and police in the same sentence. It has the same sort of jarring ring as "drug cartel police", or "al-Qaeda police". On the other hand, Hamas and "family-related disputes" seem right at home together. |
| Posted by: Mike Ramsey 2010-09-05 15:05 |