Palestinian intelligence chief injured in blast
The head of the Palestinian intelligence services was seriously injured and his bodyguard killed in a blast yesterday at the services' Gaza headquarters, raising fears of a burst of internecine violence.
Tareq Abu Rajab, the overall head of the intelligence services, was together with several of his bodyguards in an elevator when an explosion ripped through the building in Gaza City.
Abu Rajab's bodyguard, Ali Abu Hassira, who was Abu Rajab's nephew, died of his wounds shortly after the blast, and at least eight other people, most of them bodyguards, were wounded in the apparent assassination attempt.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. "One person, Ali Abu Hassira was killed, and eight others were wounded including two in serious condition," Baker Abu Safia, the head of the emergency service at the Shifa hospital in Gaza City said.
"Rajab has been seriously injured, but his life was not in danger," Abu Safia added.
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