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Ain el-Hilweh Tense after Palestinian Official Assassinated

A state of tension was engulfing the Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in Sidon on Sunday afternoon, after a Palestinian official was gunned down.

“A masked individual opened fire at Palestinian Liberation Front member Mahmoud Qassem Hjeir at the vegetable market’s intersection in the Ain el-Hilweh camp,” state-run National News Agency reported.

“Hjeir died immediately after receiving a gunshot to the head,” the agency added.

It later said that gunfire was behind heard in the camp in the wake of the assassination, sparking panic in the vegetable market area and al-Fawqani street.

“A number of shops have meanwhile closed in anticipation of a possible deterioration,” NNA added.


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