Date:18/12/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/12/18/stories/2006121802191500.htm

International

Presidential guard killed

GAZA: Gunmen attacked a Palestinian Presidential Guards post in southern Gaza City on Sunday morning, killing one and wounding four others.

Witnesses said unknown masked militants attacked the post where eight presidential guards were on the scene.

No individuals or groups have claimed responsibility for the attack but sources close to President Mahmoud Abbas' guards accused Hamas of being behind the attack. - Xinhua