Yesterday morning,
unknown assailants broke into El-Manara School situated near El-Ahli
Arab Hospital in Zaitoon Quarter in Gaza City. The assailants stole
a bus belonging to the Bible Society. The Centre views this attack
as a continuation of the security chaos plaguing the Occupied
Palestinian Territory (OPT).
PCHR’s preliminary
investigation and the guards’ statements indicate that at
approximately 2:00 on Saturday, 31 May, unknown gunmen broke into
El-Manara School owned by the Bible Society of the Baptist Church,
located in Zaitoon Quarter in Gaza City. The assailants detained the
two school guards and beat them. Then they stole a white bus
belonging to the Bible Society and fled the scene. The guards freed
themselves and headed to the Sheja’eya police station and submitted
and official complaint. It is noted that the same school was the
subject of a similar attack by unknown gunmen on 21 February 2008.
The Centre strongly
condemns the recurrence of these attacks, and calls upon the
authorities to investigate them seriously and prosecute the
perpetrators.
