A dispute between rival political groups late on Friday in a Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon turned into gunfire for the second time this week, killing one person and injuring others, state media reported.
The outburst of violence emerged after two men were shot dead in the same camp on Monday because of tensions between members of the mainstream Palestinian faction Fatah and a hardline jihadist group.
Lebanon’s National News Agency reported that Fatah member Hussein Othman was killed in Friday’s fighting between groups of armed men from rival factions.
Gunfire erupted again Saturday morning after having died down during Friday night, a Reuters witness said.
Ain al-Hilweh camp, home to more than 100,000 refugees, has regularly seen factional disputes spiral into deadly violence.