An assassination attempt against a Fatah Movement official failed early Sunday morning in a south Lebanon Palestinian refugee camp, the state’s National News Agency reported.
The NNA said Abd al-Sultan had come under fire from an assailant in the Mieh Mieh camp, near Sidon, after he left his relative’s house. The shooting wounded Sultan’s brother in law in the hand and thigh, and he was taken to the Sidon Government Hospital for treatment.
It added that Sultan had also been wounded in recent clashes in the nearby Ain al-Hilweh camp, where he resides.
While the small Mieh Mieh camp is relatively calm compared to other urban slums, Ain al-Hilweh, Lebanon’s largest Palestinian camp, is often rocked by violence between rival Palestinian and Islamist factions.
Ain al-Hilweh is home to militant groups such as Jund al-Sham and Fatah al-Islam, considered terrorist organizations by the Lebanese government.
