Palestinian militants beat and abducted the Palestinian governor of the West Bank town of Jenin as he drove through the city center Saturday, witnesses and security sources said.
The local leader of the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade, Zakariye Zubeydi, said the group was holding governor Haider Irsheid and accused him of being an Israeli collaborator who "has been involved in many crimes against our people."
Zubeydi demanded the Palestinian Authority put Irsheid on trial.
Witnesses said gunmen pulled 50-year-old Irsheid from his van and beat him with hands and gun butts before bundling him into another vehicle and driving off toward the city's refugee camp.
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