Palestinians Hand Over 3 Gunmen to Army at Mieh Mieh Camp
Palestinian factions on Monday handed over to the Lebanese army three suspects accused of involvement in a shooting incident at the Mieh Mieh refugee camp, an army statement said.
“Following coordination between the two sides, the army's intelligence directorate has received from the Palestinian security forces at Sidon's Mieh Mieh camp the Palestinians Hamza Youssef Saidawi, Mustafa Ahmed Hasanain and Qassem Mohammed Shibli,” the army said.
“They were involved in yesterday's armed attack on the Palestinian national Khaled Abu Jida, in which he was critically wounded before succumbing to his injuries this morning,” it added.
The detainees are being interrogated under the supervision of the relevant judicial authorities, the army noted.
The Palestinian factions and the Lebanese security forces have boosted their cooperation in recent days, in the wake of reports suggesting that the jihadist Islamic State and al-Nusra Front groups are trying to boost their presence in some Palestinian camps.
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