Army Arrests 30 Palestinians over Beddawi Armed Clashes
The Lebanese army arrested thirty Palestinians on Thursday against the backdrop of a clash that erupted a day earlier in the northern refugee camp of al-Beddawi, the state-run National News Agency reported.
The army cordoned off the camp setting checkpoints and taking strict security measures that led to the arrest of the detainees.
On Wednesday, several people were wounded in a personal dispute that erupted into an armed clash between Lebanese and Palestinian young men in Beddawi.
The dispute between the young men started “inside a sports complex and amusement park,” and then “escalated into gunfire and a hand grenade was also hurled,” media reports had said.
The army intervened immediately and contained the clash.
LBCI television said the clash erupted in the vicinity of the al-Beddawi Palestinian refugee camp, pitting young men from the Zeid and Shabban families.
“When the army intervened, one of the young men hurled a hand grenade at the troops, which prompted them to fire in the air and towards the man who threw the grenade,” LBCI added.
Source: Naharnet
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