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The Palestinian mayor of the West Bank city of Nablus was slain early today by an unidentified gunman, Israel Army Radio reported. Mayor Zafer Masri, considered a pro-Jordanian moderate, was appointed in December to become the first Palestinian to hold the office in four years. The mayor “was shot in the stomach at the city entrance at 8:15 by two assailants. He was taken to Nablus’ Raffidiyeh Hospital, where he died a few minutes later,” an Israeli military administration spokesman said.
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