Evacuating the wounded after Stage bombing (Archive Photo)
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Terror suspects escape Palestinian prison
The PA arrested those behind bombing of “The Stage” nightclub; now two suspects escape their Tulkarm prison
Two Palestinians suspected of involvement in the February 25 suicide bombing of Tel Aviv’s Stage nightclub escaped from prison today.
The two, Shakif Abdel Rani and Ahmed Zaki were members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. They were arrested by Palestinian security forces, which were aided by the Israelis.
The jailbreak embarrassed the Palestinians because it made them look like they are operating a “revolving door” prison system.
A Palestinian security source told Ynetnews, “The government of Abu Mazen, which aspires to present a new security approach, cannot tolerate this episode.”
The source said that the PA would look carefully at those who had allowed the escape to occur.
After The Stage bombing, Prime Minister Sharon had warned the Palestinians that meetings between the two sides would be halted unless something was done to combat terror.
Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said that Israel gave the PA a list of terror suspects to arrest. The Palestinians said the mastermind behind the attack was the Hizbullah’s Israeli-born operations chief Kais Obeid.
