Security Chaos and Proliferation of Weapons
Misuse of Weapons
Field Update
20 March 2006
Two Persons Seriously Wounded Due to Misuse of Weapons
At approximately 13:00 on Sunday, 19 March 2006, Mohammed Shaheen Khader, 43, a taxi driver working at Rafah International Crossing Point, was seriously wounded by a live bullet to the head. A number of members of the al-Aqsa Martyrs of Fatah movement traveling in a civilian car (white Mercedes) opened fire, because a traveler whom they were waiting was late in arriving at the Palestinian side due to technical problems at the crossing point.
At approximately 13:30 also on Sunday, an explosion occurred inside a house belonging to ‘Emad Hassan Taha, 34, in Nusairat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. Taha was seriously injured. According to Palestinian security sources, the explosion resulted from a locally made bomb.