Two of the three main suspects in connection with the murder last week of Italian activist Vittorio Arrigoni have died today in an operation by security forces of Hamas in Gaza, as reported by a security official. In the operation, which took place in a building Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, was also arrested the third suspect and three other accomplices.
Minutes before the arrests have heard an explosion and intense exchanges of gunfire between the suspects and security forces of Hamas, witnesses said. Members of the Hamas forces have surrounded the building as part of an operation to capture al-Qaeda supporters who kidnapped Arrigoni. According to the account given by the Hamas government, one of the deceased is a man of Jordanian nationality has shot himself after throwing a grenade that killed the other while the building they were sheltering was surrounded by security forces.
Previously there had been an exchange of gunfire at the failure of a negotiated surrender. In the building there were four people who have been arrested, three of whom were injured. Vittorio Arrigoni was found dead on Friday after Thursday will hang a video on Youtube claiming his abduction.
Behind the kidnapping was a Salafist group that threatened to assassinate the Italian activist unless their leader was arrested by Hamas last month, was released. Hours later, Arrigoni strangled body was found in an abandoned house. Hamas yesterday released photos of three suspects in the murder, which was identified as Abdul-Rahman al Breizat, Mahmud Muhammad Bilal al Nimir Salfiti and Umari, according to Palestinian Maan news agency reported.
International Solidarity Movement member, Arrigoni was a pro-Palestinian activist who came to Gaza in 2008 aboard a humanitarian aid ship. Died at 36 years, hundreds of Palestinians took part yesterday in a symbolic funeral to lay the coffin of the Strip. 
Minutes before the arrests have heard an explosion and intense exchanges of gunfire between the suspects and security forces of Hamas, witnesses said. Members of the Hamas forces have surrounded the building as part of an operation to capture al-Qaeda supporters who kidnapped Arrigoni. According to the account given by the Hamas government, one of the deceased is a man of Jordanian nationality has shot himself after throwing a grenade that killed the other while the building they were sheltering was surrounded by security forces.
Previously there had been an exchange of gunfire at the failure of a negotiated surrender. In the building there were four people who have been arrested, three of whom were injured. Vittorio Arrigoni was found dead on Friday after Thursday will hang a video on Youtube claiming his abduction.
Behind the kidnapping was a Salafist group that threatened to assassinate the Italian activist unless their leader was arrested by Hamas last month, was released. Hours later, Arrigoni strangled body was found in an abandoned house. Hamas yesterday released photos of three suspects in the murder, which was identified as Abdul-Rahman al Breizat, Mahmud Muhammad Bilal al Nimir Salfiti and Umari, according to Palestinian Maan news agency reported.
International Solidarity Movement member, Arrigoni was a pro-Palestinian activist who came to Gaza in 2008 aboard a humanitarian aid ship. Died at 36 years, hundreds of Palestinians took part yesterday in a symbolic funeral to lay the coffin of the Strip.
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