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Blast kills Palestinian official in Lebanon's Sidon

Published: 12 Apr 2016 - 12:34 pm | Last Updated: 02 Nov 2021 - 08:14 pm
Peninsula

BEIRUT: An explosion in the southern Lebanon city of Sidon killed an official from the Palestinian Fatah movement on Tuesday, an official from the group said.

The man was identified as Fathi Zaydan, a Fatah official responsible for the Palestinian camp of Mieh Mieh in Sidon. A photograph of the blast site near a Palestinian refugee camp showed a man's body lying next to a burning vehicle. 

Reuters