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BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- The toll from armed clashes in a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon rose Sunday to three killed and seven others injured.
Palestinian sources in Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp said among those killed was Abul Haijah, an officer in the camp's security committee of the mainstream Fatah movement that is led by Yasser Arafat.
They said two assailant, recently dismissed from Fatah, entered Abul Haijah's office and opened fire with automatic machine guns, killing the security officer instantly and injuring five other people inside the office.
The sources said one assailant fled and the other was arrested.
The attack came during a solidarity demonstration for Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli. After the attack supporters of Abul Haijah started shooting indiscriminately and firing rocket propelled grenades inside the camp.
A 14-year-old Lebanese girl was killed by a stray bullet while in her home and another Palestinian man was also killed. Two others were wounded.
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