Gaza shoot-out as gunmen burn down security building

Dozens of Palestinian gunmen stormed an office of the Palestinian intelligence service today, opening fire on security guards inside, smashing furniture and burning down the one-storey building, witnesses said.

The attack by the gunmen – who belong to an extreme offshoot of Yasser Arafat’s Fatah movement – was the latest round of violence in the Gaza Strip during a weekend of kidnappings, demonstrations and protests against reforms in the Palestinian Authority security forces.