At least eight killed in fighting at Palestinian camp in southern Lebanon
- 10 years ago
At least eight people are killed when fighting breaks out between Palestinian factions in a refugee camp in Lebanon.
At least 10 people were wounded.
Local sources said the clashes broke out between fighters from the Brigades of Return, a group originally linked to Palestinian President Mohammad Abbas's Fatah group, and a rival militant organisation.
It's not immediately clear what triggered the fight.
Tensions in the camps and in Lebanon as a whole have been been exacerbated by the conflict in neighboring Syria.
More than a million Syrian refugees have poured into Lebanon , displaced by three years of war.
At least 10 people were wounded.
Local sources said the clashes broke out between fighters from the Brigades of Return, a group originally linked to Palestinian President Mohammad Abbas's Fatah group, and a rival militant organisation.
It's not immediately clear what triggered the fight.
Tensions in the camps and in Lebanon as a whole have been been exacerbated by the conflict in neighboring Syria.
More than a million Syrian refugees have poured into Lebanon , displaced by three years of war.