3 die in clashes at Palestinian camp
Ap, Sidon, Lebanon
Fighting erupted Sunday between Palestinian supporters of Yasser Arafat and Islamic extremists in Lebanon's largest refugee camp. Officials said three people were killed, including a teenage girl standing on a hospital balcony outside the camp who was hit by a stray bullet. At least seven people were wounded in machine-gun fire at the Ein el-Hilweh camp on the outskirts of the southern port city of Sidon. Members of Arafat's mainstream Fatah faction, Palestinian officials said, battled those of the radical Asbat al-Ansar group, which is on the U.S. list of terrorist organizations. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said fighting started when a pro-Arafat march reached a street controlled by Asbat al-Ansar. Members of the group opened fire in the direction of the demonstrators, killing Mohammed Ibrahim, a Fatah official, and his assistant, Mohammed al-Aatout. It was not clear if they had been singled out as targets.
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