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Gunmen fire at Palestinian mayor, kill his brother
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NABLUS, West Bank, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Gunmen fired at a car carrying the mayor of the Palestinian city of Nablus on Tuesday in an apparent assassination attempt that left him unhurt but killed his brother, local officials said. The mayor, Ghassan Shaka, is a moderate member of President Yasser Arafat's mainstream Fatah faction and the Palestinian parliament. Local officials said it was likely Palestinian gunmen carried out the shooting and noted that militants in the West Bank city recently distributed leaflets accusing Shaka of collaborating with Israeli authorities. The mayor's brother, Buraq Shaka, a businessman who was visiting from Jordan, was wounded in the attack and died in a Nablus hospital.
