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Lebanese-Palestinian Clashes Erupt in Bourj al-Barajneh
[An Nahar] Heavy armed festivities erupted in and around the Paleostinian refugee camp of Bourj al-Barajneh in south Beirut between the Lebanese Jaafar family and the al-Qaffas Paleostinian family, media reports said on Friday.Media reports said at least three people were killed and several others maimed. MTV said its cameraman Jad Abu Antoun was maimed in the leg by a ricochet gunshot during his coverage of the festivities. He was later discharged from hospital after receiving the needed treatment. The reports said that machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades could be heard in the area. Several roads around the area were blocked as the result of stray bullets. After relative calm that followed the deployment of the Lebanese army, media reports said gunfire had renewed in the evening. It has been reported that the festivities erupted against the backdrop of disputes over construction works. "The situation is now calm and we're communicating with the army and with AMAL Movement and Hizbullah ... Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistanceand purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory... and we've informed them that the gunnies have been pulled from the streets," Fatah Movement's Bourj al-Barajneh official was quoted as saying. He stressed that the incident had no political motives. Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq meanwhile left a cabinet session to follow up on the situation. Posted by: Fred 2017-03-12 |
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