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At least six die in Palestinian faction clashes in Lebanon

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At least six people were killed in two days of clashes in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon.
At least six people were killed in two days of clashes in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, where the mainstream faction Fatah fought against rival groups that support Islamists, security sources said.
A Fatah commander was killed on Sunday in an ambush that also injured several of his aides in the crowded, impoverished Ain el-Hilweh camp near the southern coastal city of Sidon.
Four of the aides later died of their injuries, a security source said, adding that sporadic clashes in the camp intensified later on Sunday.Failed assassination attempt
Clashes began the previous day with a failed assassination attempt on a leader of a group sympathetic to hardline Islamists in which one person was killed.

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