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Part Four:
Torture to
Death
1.
Nasser al-Huroub
Name:
Nasser Salah al-Huroub
Age:
28
Marital
Status:
Married with five children
Residence:
Deir Samet village in Hebron
Nasser died at 2 in the morning of 3 February 1998
at the police station in Dura, after having been tortured by the
police there. He was arrested at nine in the evening of 2 February
1998. Two men from the criminal police in Dura arrived at his house,
and asked him to accompany them to the station for an hour. At 2:15 in
the morning of 3 February 1998, Nasser was transferred to a doctor
because he was suffering from severe bleeding from the mouth and ear.
The doctor announced his death.
Nasser was a gold merchant. His family believes that
his arrest had a financial background. The family also said that the
victim was perfectly healthy. He had no relations with any political
opposition groups, and he never disputed with any PNA members.
In
a comment on the incident, head of the police in Hebron, Tarek Zeid
said: "his shoe lace was tied around his neck." President
Arafat ordered the formation of an investigation committee. An autopsy
was performed on the body at al-Hussein hospital, but the family is
still requesting that the autopsy be done in the presence of doctors
from their side. The results noted by the investigation committee have
not been yet reported.
2.
Walid al-Qawasmi
Name:
Walid Mahmoud al-Qawasmi
Age:
45
Marital
Status:
Married with eight children
Residence:
Hebron
Profession:
Runs an insurance office in Bethlehem
Walid died on 9 August 1998. He was arrested by the
GI in Hebron on 27 July 1998, and taken three days later to the GI
headquarters in Jericho.
His family visited him on Friday 7 August 1998 (two
weeks after his arrest), and his health was deteriorating, and he was
unable to speak. When asked about the charges against him he said:
"I am innocent. Buy me out of here." On 9 August 1998 in the
morning, he was taken to the hospital in Jericho suffering from high
fever of almost 41 degrees. The hospital in Jericho decided to
transfer him to Rafidia hospital in Nablus because of his critical
condition. However, Walid died before arriving there.
Eyewitnesses
who took part in the autopsy, told the PHRMG that the
cause of death was due to severe beating on the head which led to a
fractured scull. This in return led to a hemorrhage in the brain, and
eventually, to the death of the victim.
The GI announced that the reason behind the death
was severe heat.
Walid's
family told the PHRMG that the torture scars were all over
the victim's body when they washed him. The district prosecutor in
Jericho decided to form an investigation committee, but an official
report on the death has not yet been released.
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