Tension in Ain el-Hilweh over Shooting of Fatah Official’s Bodyguard
Tension was high at the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh in southern Lebanon on Wednesday after the bodyguard of a Fatah official was severely injured in a shooting, the National News Agency reported said.
The state-run agency said Uday Hammad, the bodyguard of Fatah’s military chief Brig. Gen. Sobhi Abu Arab, received gunshot wounds in different parts of his body. He was taken to Labib Medical Center in Sidon.
Abu Arab is known as Adi Othman.
Schools were closed and students were sent home over fears that the incident would lead to armed clashes between rival groups.
NNA did not say who had opened fire on Othman.
But Fatah entrusted the Palestinian factions’ follow-up committee with handing over the culprit to the authorities and calming the tense situation.
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