SIDON, Lebanon, - Lebanese soldiers shot dead a man carrying a hand grenade outside the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Helweh on Saturday, an army spokesman said. "The man was carrying a hand grenade and we are also investigating whether the belt he was wearing contained an explosives charge," the spokesman said, refusing to provide any further details.The man's body was still at the scene and soldiers prevented journalists and photographers from approaching it, the spokesman said. Security forces told an AFP correspondent at the scene that they would carry out a controlled explosion involving the body.
Eyewitnesses said the man was shot close to an army checkpoint in the Taameer
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