(16:45) Fatah claims responsibility for Afula slayings

The Aksa Brigades of Fatah issued a statement in Jenin this afternoon claiming responsibility for yesterday's terrorist shooting attack in Afula that left three dead and 14 wounded.

The streets of Jenin were plastered with photographs of the attacker, Nazir Muhammad Hamed, who came from a village near the city, Israel Radio reported.

If the Aksa Brigades claim is true, this would be the first attack by Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement inside Israel since Arafat declared a cease-fire last week.

-- Anonymous, October 05, 2001