GAZA: HAMAS COURT SENTENCES POLICEMAN TO DEATH

December 1, 2010: the Permanent Military Court in Gaza sentenced Isam'il Khalil Ibrahim Nejm, from al-Shati' refugee camp, to death by firing squad. Nejm was a member of the Palestinian police in Gaza. He was found guilty of killing 'Alaa' Mohammed al-Souri, 24, from al-Bureij refugee camp on November 3, 2010. The verdict, which would be carried out by a firing squad, can be appealed to the higher court, a statement by the Hamas interior ministry said. The murderer was not in his official duty when he shot dead a person and wounded the second in the market, the statement said. (Sources: People's Daily, 01/12/2010; PCHR)