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Police Detains 6 People in Rafah

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19 January 2017

At approximately 4:00 pm on Thursday, 19 January 2017, police arrested seven young men in Rafah. A group of young men  gathered near Al Awda square in the middle of Rafah city to participate in a protest that was organized by some activists on Facebook about the electricity crisis in Rafah.

Al Mezan identified the names of some of the detainees  as:

  • Mahmoud Mohammed Mahmoud Hammad, 23;
  • Alaa Mohammed Hamdan Hamad, 16;
  • Mohammed Mahmoud Mousa Lafi, 32;
  • Ma’zouz Abdelmajid Mohammed Al Qeiq, 38;
  • Mohammed Fareed Mahmoud Meqdad, 39; and
  • Ibrahim Abdelaziz Ahmed Abu Hmeid, 38.

  

At approximately 7:00 on the same day, the police released them after mediation from the national and Islamic groups.

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