No Clues to Fate of Family Kidnapped in Gaza

Donald Macintyre
Independent, UK
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Gaza City (Palestine):
The kidnapping of a British human rights worker and her parents by gunmen remained a mystery last night, with no claims of responsibility and no leads as to the family's whereabouts more than 24 hours after they were seized.
Palestinian and British officials admitted they still had no information on the fate of Kate Burton and her family since they were forced into a car by armed militants in the southern Gaza border town of Rafah on Wednesday.
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See Also:
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Amid increasing concern over mounting lawlessness in Gaza, the kidnapping did not follow the pattern of most others involving foreigners over the past six months, which have tended to end in the swift release of the victims.
Police roadblocks set up throughout southern Gaza and a series of contacts by Palestinian security officials with known armed groups failed to elicit any explanation for the kidnap of Ms Burton.
Dec 30, 2005