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Former Palestinian security chief Moussa Arafat has been shot dead in Gaza, police and doctors say. A cousin of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, he had survived at least two earlier attempts on his life. Moussa Arafat,65, had been a security advisor to the current Palestinian head, Mahmoud Abbas. Witnesses said that dozens of gunmen stormed his home before dawn on Wednesday, but it is still unclear who the attackers were. The BBC's Alan Johnston says Moussa Arafat was a controversial figure. When the late Yasser Arafat tried to put Moussa Arafat in overall charge of security in Gaza...

Dozens of armed Palestinian gunmen storm house of Moussa Arafat, Yasser Arafat's cousin, Wednesday morning and shoot him to death. Arafat removed from post earlier this year amid corruption charges News agencies Dozens of Palestinian gunmen stormed Wednesday morning the house of former Palestinian security chief in Gaza Moussa Arafat, took him out to the street and then shot him to death. Arafat, 65, the cousin of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, was taken to a Gaza hospital following the attack but doctors said he arrived there dead. Palestinian police officials said Arafat's eldest son, Nimhel, was either killed by...