Aftermath of Moussa Arafat's Assassination
Mohammed Abdel Al, a spokesman for the Popular Resistance Committees, a militant group, claimed responsibility for Arafat's assassination, saying it killed Arafat to punish him for corruption after the Palestinian security forces had taken no action against him. Mahmoud Abbas pledged to track down Arafat's killers but as of today those are only empty words. The main suspects are Palestinian off-shoot groups. PRC murdered him for what it called the "liquidation" of Arafat. The PRC consists mainly of former members of the Fatah movement, who have accused Palestinian leaders of graft.
Arafat's oldest son, Manhal, and three bodyguards were kidnapped by the gunmen who killed Arafat. The bodyguards were released shortly thereafter, but Manhal was held for a day before being released to an Egyptian government delegation in Gaza.
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