Tension has risen in the Palestinian refugee camp of Lebanon’s Ain al-Hilweh after the bodyguard of the head of Fatah party's police force in the camp was shot dead on Sunday.
According to NOW Lebanon’s correspondent, two bodyguards of Fatah’s police chief Mahmoud Abdel Hamid Issa, also known as “Al-Lino,” were shot by a gunman inside the camp; the shootout resulted in the death of one of the guards.
The report also said that Palestinian factions are “on alert” following the incident.
"Al-Lino” said on Thursday that Fatah al-Islam and Jund as-Sham groups are trying to “incite strife” in the camp.
Ain al-Hilweh, the largest Palestinian camp in the country, is home to about 50,000 refugees and is known to harbor extremists and fugitives.
By long-standing convention, the Lebanese army does not enter the country's 12 refugee camps, leaving security inside to the Palestinians themselves.
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