Militants seize German in row over cartoons

ARMED militants angered by a cartoon drawing of the Prophet Mohammed published in European newspapers surrounded EU offices in Gaza yesterday.

Fri, 03 Feb, 2006 - 00:00
Ibrahim Barzak, Gaza City

They briefly kidnapped a German citizen as outrage over the caricatures spread across the Islamic world.

Palestinian police freed the German, an English teacher, after less than an hour.

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