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16 September 2011
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At approximately 10:45 pm on Friday 16 September 2011, two persons were killed and three others were injured, one of them critically, in connection with a feud between two families.
The violence took place near Imam Ash-Shaf’i mosque in the Az-Zaitoun neighborhood, east of Gaza City.
According to the field investigation carried out by the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, a group of armed men from one family opened fire directly at a group from a related family, against the background of a feud between the two.
As a result, two persons were killed and three others were injured.
Al Mezan has identified the names of the persons killed as follows:
· Rami Fadel Kamal Foura, 30, and
· Abdallah ‘Awad ‘Adel Foura, 18.
Al Mezan has identified the names of the persons wounded as follows:
· Kamal Fadel Kamal Foura, 35(sustained critical injury and was referred to an Israeli hospital);
· Ahmed Fadel Kamel Foura, 26; and
· Kamal Fadel Kamal Foura, 33.
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