LEBANON: Bomb at Palestinian camp in Lebanon

Record ID: 345254

  • Title: LEBANON: Bomb at Palestinian camp in Lebanon
  • Date: 23rd June 2008
  • Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PALESTINIAN OFFICIAL IN THE CAMP ABU BASSAM MAQDAH SAYING: ''We condemn this cowardly act that targeted our brothers. We as Palestinian, nationalistic and Islamist factions, condemn this attack.'' WIDE OF CAMP STREET
  • Embargoed: 8th July 2008 13:00
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  • Location: Lebanon
  • Country: Lebanon
  • Reuters ID: LVA18N5HHI7V5ZNAUF89VXK5W1DE
  • Story Text: Bomb wounds Islamist leader in Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon.
    A bomb seriously wounded a senior official of the Islamist Jund al-Sham group at Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon on Sunday (June 22). Another man was wounded in the blast.
    The blast heightened tension among rival militant factions in the camp, which is the biggest and most densely populated of Lebanon's 12 refugee camps.
    Militants belonging to Jund al-Sham group roamed the streets shortly after the blast took place. The Lebanese army is barred from entering Palestinian camps and only mans posts at the entrance of the camp.
    Earlier, at least three people were killed and tens wounded in sectarian clashes in northern Lebanon.
    Explosions and machinegun fire rocked the city as Sunni Muslim supporters of the government and Alawite gunmen close to the Hezbollah-led opposition battled on the outskirts of the mainly Sunni Muslim port.
    Last month Lebanon ended its 18-month political crisis with the Western-backed coalition and the Hezbollah-led opposition reaching a Qatari-mediated accord. The conflict had led to a violent showdown between the two sides.
    Since then there have been frequent minor security incidents between supporters of the opposing factions. Delays in the formation of a national unity government as stipulated in last month's accord, have raised fears of a further deterioration in the security situation.
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