[An Nahar] Unknown assailants on Monday assassinated a high-ranking Fatah Movement official in the Ein el-Hellhole Paleostinian refugee camp near the southern city of Sidon."Fatah Movement official Brig. Gen. Jamil Zeidan died of his wounds after he was shot by unidentified gunnies in the al-Fawqani area," state-run National News Agency said.
It noted that he succumbed to his wounds at a Sidon hospital and that cautious calm was engulfing the camp.
According to LBCI television, two masked gunnies riding a cycle of violence shot up Zeidan.
A Fatah camp official told Agence La Belle France Presse that Zeidan was shot in front of his home.
"He was transferred to a health center but was pronounced dead on arrival," the official added, speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity.
A camp medic said Zeidan had been sprayed with at least 15 bullets.
Voice of Leb radio (100.5) said tensions surged and gunnies deployed in the streets in the wake of the murder.
On February 2, Wissam Abul Kel, a member of Fatah, died after masked men shot him near the camp's grocery market.
Ein el-Hellhole, the largest Paleostinian camp in the country, is home to about 50,000 refugees and is known to harbor bully boyz and runaways.