Tension in Ain el-Hilweh after Killing of Fatah Member
The relatives of a Palestinian man shot dead in the southern refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh blocked on Sunday main roads to protest his murder, the state-run National News Agency reported on Sunday.
NNA said Wissam Abul Kel, a member of Fatah, died after masked men shot him near the camp's grocery market.
Members of his family blocked roads in al-Fawqani neighborhood and held a protest, it said.
The Palestinian follow-up committee held contacts to bring life back to normal in the area, NNA added.
Ain el-Hilweh, the largest Palestinian camp in the country, is home to about 50,000 refugees and is known to harbor extremists and fugitives.
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