Three Palestinians wounded as Fatah wins student union elections

Published June 4th, 2006 - 06:41 GMT

Three Palestinians were wounded on Sunday in clashes between Fatah and Hamas gunmen along the Rafah border with Egypt, eyewitnesses said. One of the injured was said to be in critical condition.

 

Meanwhile,  Fatah movement of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas swept 80 percent of the vote in student union elections held at Al-Quds University's five Gaza Strip colleges.

 

In the Gaza City branch of the university, the faction won 75 percent of the vote, in the central Strip's college Fatah took 75 percent of the vote, in Khan Yunis it won 78 percent, in the northern Gaza campus it won 82 percent and in the Rafah college Fatah won 84 percent of the student vote.

 

A total of some 10,000 students participated in the elections.

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