Breaking News: 2 killed and 1 wounded in explosion in Lebanon camp
Monday, 18 June, 2007 @ 5:18 PM
Sidon- An explosion in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el Helweh near the city of Sidon in south Lebanon killed 2 people and wounded one according to the Lebanese National News Agency .
The explosion was caused by a bomb.
Shehadah Jawhar , one of the leaders of Jund el-Sham is reportedly one of the victims . Jund el-Sham launched an attack against the Lebanese army about 2 weeks ago to weaken the army in its attack on the Fatah al islam terrorists holed in the Nahr el-Bared camp.
Update:
The blast was apparently caused by the explosion of an oxygen canister , security sources said and not by a bomb as reported earlier.
They said the explosion happened in a tire shop in the Taamir area at the entrance of Ein al-Helweh camp.
Taamir is the stronghold of a small Islamist militant group, Jund al-Sham ( which translates into 'Soldiers of Damascus')
Update :
The blast was not caused by was not caused by the explosion of an oxygen canister , as security sources have reported earlier.
The blast was caused by a bomb that was placed inside a tire in the tire shop.
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