ARAB MAN TORTURED, MURDERED FOR SELLING HOME TO JEW

Jericho man murdered over home sale
The body of an Arab resident of Jerusalem who had been accused of selling his apartment to Jews was found on Thursday morning in Jericho. Fatah gunmen belonging to the group's armed wing, the Aksa Martyrs Brigades, claimed responsibility for the murder.

The victim was identified as Muhammed Abu al-Hawa, a 42-year-old father of eight from the a-Tur neighborhood on the Mount of Olives. Palestinian Authority security officials said he had been hit by seven bullets in the head and chest. They added that the man had also been tortured before his car was set on fire.

PA policemen discovered Abu al-Hawa's torched body early Thursday morning in one of Jericho's neighborhoods. They later handed the body over to the Israeli police, who delivered it to the Institute of Forensic Medicine at Abu Kabir for an autopsy.