41.   Hassan Asfour, minister for non-governmental organisations, and his body guard were beaten by five masked men late Monday in the West Bank town of Ramallah.

42.   He changes address frequently, sees his wife and son sporadically, and rarely goes out without body guards.

43.   He goes nowhere without a phalanx of body guards and travels in a fleet of ostentatious four-wheel drive vehicles.

44.   He often rides a motorbike and is ocassionally accompanied by a body guard.

45.   He has never gone out without a helmet, a bullet-proof vest and body guards carrying bags of steel board.

46.   He was accompanied by tight security and body guards stopped people approaching him.

47.   His departure was confirmed for AFP by members of his body guard.

48.   His wife, also a judge, and three body guards died with him in the blast.

49.   His brother, his son and two body guards also died in the attack.

50.   His driver was also killed and two body guards were wounded and hospitalised, he said.