Palestinian Deputy Speaker Says Shot at by Gunmen
Unidentified gunmen shot at the Palestinian parliament's deputy speaker -- an independent supported by Hamas -- while he was driving in the northern West Bank on Thursday, he said.
Hassan Khraisheh told AFP that five rounds hit his car as he was driving just a couple of hundred meters (yards) from his home in the city of Tulkarem.
Khraisheh was not hurt.
The deputy speaker, who has been outspoken in criticism of the Palestinian Authority headed by President Mahmud Abbas, said he was informed an investigation was underway.
Tulkarem is an area under full Palestinian security control in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Palestinian security officials were not immediately available for comment.
Source: Agence France Presse
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