Gunmen disrupt exams in West Bank

Two dozen Fatah gunmen shooting guns in the air disrupted final high school exams in the West Bank today, after education officials rejected their demand to be allowed to take the tests in a separate room.

Nablus is a stronghold of the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, a violent off-shoot of president Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement. Abbas has pledged in recent weeks to disarm all militias, but Al Aqsa gunmen have said they’ll not hand over their weapons.