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| By: Israel Insider staff |
| Published: June 11, 2007 |
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Muhammad Sawirki, a 24-year-old officer in the Palestinian Authority's Force 17 "Presidential Guard," died Sunday when he was thrown from the 18th floor of a Gaza City building. PA security officials said Sawirki and another officer were kidnapped earlier in the day by members of Hamas's paramilitary Executive Force, the Jerusalem Post reported.
The two were taken to the top of the Ghafari Tower, the highest building in Gaza City, where the Hamas militiamen handcuffed Sawirki and threw him out. The fate of the second officer remained unknown.
Following the incident, fierce fighting erupted between Hamas and Fatah militiamen, delaying the evacuation of Sawirki's body. Two passersby, an elderly woman and her daughter, managed to drag the body to a secure place before an ambulance took it away. A source in the Presidential Guard said the two officers were distributing food to colleagues when seized by the Hamas militiamen.
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