Sunday, April 8, 2012

Gaza: Hamas executes Palestinian freedom fighter from kidnapping a boy, raping and then killing him

GAZA (Reuters) - Islamist group Hamas executed three men on Saturday, hanging two convicted murderers and a Gazan found guilty of collaborating with Israel, the Hamas-run ministry of interior said.

It did not name the men and gave few details of the allegations against them, but said one of trio was convicted of kidnapping a boy, raping him and then killing him.

It denounced the man who helped Israel as a "traitor".

The ministry said in a statement the families of the murder victims had refused to offer an amnesty to the killers.

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