WORLD : Arab Prisoner Dies, 2 Others Killed

A Palestinian died in Israeli detention today and troops shot two Arab protesters to death in one of the most violent days in the occupied territories in several weeks.

Security sources said Mahmoud Yousef Masri, 34, of Rafah was found dead in the Shin Bet secret police’s interrogation room at Gaza Central Prison. Palestinian sources charged that he was beaten to death. Israel Radio quoted security officials as saying he was treated for stomach ulcers shortly before dying. One teen-ager died in a clash between stone-throwers and soldiers in Gaza’s Jabalya refugee camp and a 24-year-old man was killed during a search-and-arrest operation in Salem in the West Bank.