LEBANON: Palestinians clash in Beirut camp, two wounded

Record ID: 375135

  • Title: LEBANON: Palestinians clash in Beirut camp, two wounded
  • Date: 16th November 2007
  • Summary: (W3) BURJ AL-BARAJNEH CAMP, BEIRUT, LEBANON (NOVEMBER 16, 2007) (REUTERS-ACCESS ALL) ENTRANCE TO PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMP / PEOPLE WALKING IN STREET POSTER OF PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT YASSER ARAFAT POSTER FOR THE ISLAMIST MOVEMENT OF HAMAS AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE CAMP VARIOUS OF FATAH GUNMEN SURROUNDING FATAH OFFICIAL KHALED AREF (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) FATAH OFFICIAL KHALED A
  • Embargoed: 1st December 2007 12:00
  • Keywords:
  • Location: Lebanon
  • Country: Lebanon
  • Topics: Domestic Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA6PIED967AAK3FPVX2YU6BT7GD
  • Story Text: Members of two families loyal to rival Palestinian factions exchange gunfire in a Beirut refugee camp, leaving two wounded, security sources say.
    Fatah loyalists burn tyres at the entrance of the Ain al-Hilweh camp in south Lebanon to block a march called by Syrian-backed factions, witnesses say.
    Members of two families loyal to rival Palestinian factions exchanged gunfire at the Burj al-Barajneh refugee camp in southern Beirut on Friday (November 16), wounding two people, security sources said.
    They said the clashes subsided after high-level contacts between Palestinian faction representatives.
    The families were affiliated to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah group and the pro-Syrian Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command (PFLP-GC).
    The camp is close to Beirut's airport and to the southern suburbs, a Hezbollah bastion.
    Fatah loyalists burned tyres at the entrance of the Ain al-Hilweh camp in south Lebanon to block a march called for by Syrian-backed factions, witnesses said.
    There are 12 refugee camps in Lebanon, home to half of 400,000 Palestinians in country.
    Tension has risen at the refugee camps, which are outside the control of the Lebanese authorities, especially after Hamas took over the Gaza Strip in fighting with Fatah in June and the Lebanese army fought Islamist militants at another camp earlier this year.
    More than 400 people died in 15 weeks of battles between al Qaeda-inspired militants and Lebanese troops at the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in northern Lebanon.
  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
  • Copyright Notice: (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2011. Open For Restrictions - http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp
  • Usage Terms/Restrictions: None
Register