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Palestinian police clash with escaped militants in Nablus chase
By The Associated Press
Tags: Palestinian police, Nablus

Palestinian police on Tuesday were exchanging gunfire with a group of
escaped militants, chasing them through the streets of Nablus in the West
Bank.
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Police are ordering residents to stay indoors.

The group of 14 militants escaped from jail by breaking down the doors to
their cells 10 days ago. They say they broke out because a promised amnesty from Israel didn't come through.

Four bystanders were seriously wounded in the exchanges of fire on Tuesday, hospital officials said.

Palestinian police said they deployed more than 100 officers to catch the
fugitives.

The escaped militants are members of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, a violent offshoot of the Fatah movement headed by moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

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