PALESTINIAN JUSTICE: EXECUTION FIRST, TRIAL LATER

Palestinian accused rapist shot dead in custody
RAMALLAH - Masked gunmen shot dead an accused rapist on his way to court in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Tuesday in the latest sign of a growing Palestinian breakdown of law and order. The shooting marked the second fatal attack in less than two months on detainees in the custody of Palestinian security forces. Security sources said a group of gunmen attacked a car carrying Ramy Yaghmour and other detainees from the Palestinian special forces headquarters to court...

.Last month, gunmen shot dead two accused collaborators with Israel in their hospital beds in the Gaza Strip. The two were being treated for wounds from a grenade attack on their jail cell that also killed a third accused traitor.