Fatah Official Escapes Murder Attempt in Ain el-Hilweh, 2 Dead in Clashes
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
A Fatah movement official escaped on Saturday an assassination attempt at the southern Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh, leading to clashes that left two people dead.
The state-run National News Agency and local media said one of the bodyguards of Abou Ashraf al-Armoushi, the chief of national security at the camp, was injured when they came under fire.
Al-Armoushi, who was attending the funeral of a Fatah member in the camp's Hattin neighborhood, escaped the attack unharmed.
The murder attempt prompted Fatah gunmen to exchange fire with Jund al-Sham militants, which left two Palestinians dead and more than 14 others injured, said NNA.
The clashes took place mostly near the camp's northern entrance, and dozens of fearful families fled to mosques in the nearby city of Sidon.
Ain el-Hilweh has been the location for the settling of scores between several factions, and a breeding ground for extremist groups because of the poverty there.
Most Palestinians live in squalid conditions in the country's 12 official camps.
The Lebanese army does not enter the camps, under a tacit deal agreed after the 1975-1990 civil war. Palestinian factions are responsible for security.
22 August 2015, 20:05
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Wlak Allh yi tayyerkoun min baladnah, wlak Allah yel3ankou woul nhar li jittou fi 3a baladna.
22 August 2015, 23:51
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Whether or not we have adequate records pinpointing who amongst the Lebanese dirty politicians were responsible for allowing this deadly virus enter and plague Lebanon no matter for what reason, the Lebanese people have suffered then and are suffering now from their presence in the "watan" and all the related consequences that have risen from that initial decision to date. We are not dealing with simple inconvenience, and the Lebanese people have the inherent right to call it for what it is whether some clueless people deem it simplistic or arrogant. The Palestinian problem surely is not simplistic, but the peoples' greivences are surely righteous.
