By Xinhua,
Gaza : Hamas interior ministry said Wednesday that it arrested a number of suspects on last Friday’s beachside bombing which killed five Hamas members and a girl in Gaza.
The security services “interrogate a number of suspects who revealed important information about the incident and we still impose more security measures on the ground to chase the criminals,” said Ihab al-Ghussein, spokesman for the ministry.
In the coming few days, deposed interior minister Said Siam will hold a press conference to reveal the results of the investigation which Hamas security services opened into the mysterious explosion, according to al-Ghussein.
“There are important information and confessions which will be showed during the conference,” he said.
Following the blast, Hamas accused Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement of being implicated and launched a crackdown on the movement, arresting hundreds of its supporters and shutting down dozens of civil organizations which Hamas said linked with Fatah.
Abbas security forces in return arrested over 150 Palestinians affiliated with Hamas movement in refreshed crackdowns since Friday in the West Bank.
International and local human rights groups said the latest exchange of arrests were arbitrary and politically motivated.