One killed, six injured in clashes in Ain al-Helweh refugee camp in southern Lebanon

WORLD, July 30 (YPA) – One person was killed and six others injured in overnight clashes in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Helweh, southern Lebanon, Lebanese media reported.

Clashes inside the camp left “one dead and six camp residents injured, including children,” Mounir Makdah, a senior official in Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement, told AFP.

Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) said “an assassination attempt targeting an Islamist activist” rocked the camp on Saturday, without reporting any casualties.

Clashes erupted members of Fatah movement against other armed groups in the camp, located near the coastal city of Sidon, the source said.

The incident happened about two months after similar clashes killed a Fatah member in the same camp.

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