Asbat al-Ansar Member Injured in Ain el-Hilweh Shooting
A Palestinian member of the extremist group Asbat al-Ansar was injured on Thursday in a shooting in the southern refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh, the state-run National News Agency reported.
NNA said Mohammed Barakat shot Khaled Alaeddine known as Khaled al-Khomeini in the camp's al-Taware neighborhood in the back.
Alaeddine was taken to a hospital in Ain el-Hilweh.
According to Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3), the man received four shots in the back.
It also said that Barakat is a supporter of wanted Salafist cleric Sheikh Ahmed al-Asir.
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