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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Clashes in Palestinian camp in south Lebanon kill 5
2014-04-08
[Ma'an] Five Paleostinians were killed on Monday in festivities between two gangs in the Paleostinian Mieh Mieh refugee camp in southern Leb, a medical source told AFP.

"Five dead and more than 20 injured were brought to hospital after festivities between gangs," the source in the Paleostinian Red Islamic Thingy hospital in the southern city of Sidon said.

Both Mieh Mieh and Ein al-Helweh, the largest Paleostinian refugee camp in Leb, are in Sidon.

A Paleostinian source in the camp said the groups involved in the festivities were not officially affiliated with any major faction.

He named them as the Ansar Allah group, led by a former member of the Fatah faction, and the Shuhada al-Awda group, whose leader is close to another former Fatah member, Mohammed Dahlan.

The medical source said Shuhada al-Awda's leader and one of his brothers were among those killed.

The secretary-general of the Fatah movement for southern Leb said the dispute between the groups began several weeks ago as a personal disagreement between their members.

He said the festivities had stopped and efforts were under way to restore calm in the camp.
Posted by:Fred

#2  Splitters!
Posted by: Frank G   2014-04-08 16:36  

#1  Popcorn.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2014-04-08 00:56  

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