1 Hurt in Sidon as Gunfire Erupts in Ain el-Hilweh over Russia Envoy Killing
One person was wounded Monday in the southern city of Sidon after gunfire erupted in the Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in the wake of the assassination of Russia's ambassador in Turkey's Ankara, Lebanon's National News Agency reported.
NNA said a man was wounded in Sidon's Siroub area after rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) and gunshots were fired in Ain el-Hilweh.
“Gunshots also reached the al-Sitt Nafisa neighborhood and Martyrs Square in the city of Sidon,” the agency added.
“Officials inside the camp are carrying out contacts to halt the shooting,” NNA said.
A Turkish policeman crying "Aleppo" and "Allahu Akbar" shot dead Russia's ambassador to Turkey at an art exhibition in Ankara earlier on Monday, in what Moscow branded a "terrorist act" that would be punished.
Dramatic television footage showed the attacker -- dressed in a dark suit, white shirt and tie -- shouting "Allahu Akbar" ("God is greatest") and then talking about pledging allegiance to jihad in Arabic.
Switching to Turkish, he then says: "Don't forget about Syria, don't forget about Aleppo. All those who participate in this tyranny will be held accountable."
