PLO Command Member Brigadier Khaled Aref, who is responsible for the Beirut Palestinian camps said Thursday that gunmen from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (General Command) (PFLPGC) attacked one of the offices of the Fatah Movement.The incident, which occurred in the Burj Brajneh Palestinian Refugee camp left two Palestinians injured, Aref told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA). He added that the PFLPGC attackers stormed a Fatah office on the northern end of the camp. Two Fatah members were injured. He added that Fatah men responded to the attack and opened fire in self-defense.
He accused PFLPGC leader, Syria-based Ahmad Jibril of seeking to "involve the Palestinians in Lebanon's internal political disputes." But Aref said the Palestinians were reluctant to enter into such a quagmire.
Meanwhile, the secretary-general of the Fatah Movement in Lebanon Sultan Abul-Aynayn on Friday reported the same shooting as a "unique incident" in the same camp, located on the fringes of the capital's southern suburb. Abul-Aynayn told KUNA that, following a dispute among Fatah followers and PFLPGC ones, a man sustained light injuries in his hand after the two sides used machine guns against each other. "Popular committees within the camp made speedy contacts to cordon off the incident while one of the those who opened fire was handed over to the camp's security committee," Abul Aynayn said. He reported that everything was brought back under control. The camp, 20,000 strong, is home to several Palestinian organizations including the PFLPGC.