Unknown gunmen abduct and torture son of Hamas senior official

Tuesday November 06, 2007 18:32 by Manar Jibrin - IMEMC News

A group of unknown gunmen kidnapped and attacked Suheib Yousef, 23, the son of West Bank Hamas leader Sheikh Hasan Yousef, on Tuesday afternoon.

The young man is a student at the Al-Quds campus of Abu Dis University in East Jerusalem, and was abducted while participating in an activity on campus.

Apparently, two men inched their way close to Yousef during the event, and then asked him to accompany them outside.

Then, according to witnesses, the men forced Yousef onto a bus in which he was confronted by a group of armed men who stated they were with the Palestinian Authority’s Intelligence Service (run by the rival Fateh party).

The men then allegedly abducted Yousef, taking him to a nearby apartment and stabbing him in the hand several times as part of an interrogation.

When he was released by his attackers, Yousef was immediately taken to a hospital in Ramallah, where his injuries were treated.

The Palestinian Authority did not take responsibility for the abduction, and it is unknown exactly who the armed men actually were.

translated by Manar Jibrin, edited by Saed Bannoura 

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