Gunmen belonging to Fatah's armed wing, Aksa Martyrs Brigades, on Wednesday night shot and killed a Palestinian who had been suspected of selling land to Jews.

Sources in Ramallah said three gunmen stormed a local hospital and kidnapped Sami Burnat, 51, a resident of Balin village west of the city.

The kidnappers took Burnat to a nearby field, where they sprayed him with bullets, killing him instantly, the sources added.

The Aksa Martyrs Brigades issued a leaflet in which it claimed that Burnat had sold land to Jews, but did not elaborate.

Burnat had been held in a Palestinian prison in Ramallah and was being guarded by ten unarmed policemen when he was brought to hospital...