Al-Saeqa Center Stormed in Ain el-Hilweh as Tensions Run High at Camp
A number of gunmen stormed an office of al-Saeqa in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh on Thursday, creating tensions in the camp, reported Voice of Lebanon radio (100.5).
It said that Fatah supporters and relatives of Mahmoud Abdul Qader, who was recently killed in Syria, stormed the center of the pro-Syria Palestinian Saeqa group.
Members of the group fired gunshots in the air in order to ward off the attackers.
VDL added that the Palestinian follow up committee at the camp is carrying out contacts in order to restore calm in the camp.
VDL (93.3) also reported that the attackers, wielding machine-guns, stormed the center, kicking out the Saeqa members without incident.
Al-Jadeed television had said that Fatah al-Islam members had stormed the center.
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