Hamas gunman killed, security chief wounded in clash

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Hamas gunman killed, security chief wounded in clash
Wed Jun 14, 2006 4:09am ET
GAZA, June 14 (Reuters) - A Hamas gunman was killed and a senior Palestinian security official from a force loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas was wounded in Gaza on Wednesday in violence that could further inflame internal tensions.

Security sources said the gunman was shot dead after he and other masked militants ambushed a car carrying the official, Refat Kullab, who heads the Preventive Security Service in the southern town of Khan Younis.

Officials from the ruling Hamas militant movement said Preventive Security members in Kullab's car fired first.

Kullab was wounded in both legs and was in a moderate to serious condition in hospital, the security sources said.

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