[Washington Post] Samuel Sockol and Islam Abdel Kareem - Hamas militiamen on Monday violently dispersed a massive rally organized in Gaza by Fatah to mark the third anniversary of Arafat's death. Six people were killed and 75 wounded, Palestinian officials said. While Hamas Interior Ministry spokesman Ehab Ghussein charged that "armed men from the Fatah movement initially opened fire," a Washington Post reporter on the scene saw no Fatah gunmen at the rally or in its vicinity. Palestine TV reported that Hamas militiamen fired into the crowd from the roof of Al-Azhar University. Other Hamas militiamen moved in to arrest and beat people in the crowd, and ordered journalists not to film the event.
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