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Militants Attack UN Gaza Summer Camp

   23 May 2010
   John  Ging,  the  top  U.N.  aid  official  in Gaza, center, speaks to
   journalists  after inspecting the damage at a U.N. summer camp in Gaza
   City, 23 May 2010

Photo: AP

   John  Ging,  the  top  U.N.  aid  official  in Gaza, center, speaks to
   journalists  after inspecting the damage at a U.N. summer camp in Gaza
   City, 23 May 2010

   A U.N. aid official in Gaza says dozens of masked gunmen have attacked
   a U.N. summer camp.

   A  U.N.  spokesman  said the attackers assaulted a guard, burned tents
   and vandalized bathrooms Sunday at the camp in eastern Gaza. The armed
   men  also left behind a note pierced with several bullets, threatening
   to kill the U.N. Relief and Works Agency director,John Ging.

   The  summer  camp  offers  arts,  sports  and other activities to some
   250,000 Gaza children.

   There were no claim of responsibility for the attack.

   Some extremist Islamic groups in Gaza oppose the camps.

   Gaza's Hamas police are investigating the incident.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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