By Xinhua
Ramallah : Palestinian police on Saturday found tens of explosive devices stored in the West Bank town of Nablus and will blow them off later in the day, a police chief said.
Colonel Ahmed al-Sharqawi, director of Nablus police, said his forces have discovered the explosives in the Old City district, two days after a municipal worker was killed and a second wounded in a mysterious explosion at the place.
Al-Sharqawi said the explosives would be detonated as soon as the police finish the search and the collection of the explosives. He did not disclose who had stored these explosives.
In other developments, a Palestinian militant was wounded early in the morning during an Israeli operation in the Balata refugee camp in eastern Nablus, security sources said.
Ahmed Sanakra, 24, was slightly wounded in the head when he exchanged fire with Israeli troops which arrested a 40-year-old resident.
The Israeli troops arrested five other Palestinians on Friday night from several West Bank areas.