[An Nahar] A bomb was found near the home of Paleostinian Armed Struggle chief Mahmoud Issa, who goes by the nom de guerre of al-Lino, at the NNA said that TNT explosives attached to three grenades were found at 6:30 am inside a bucket of paint near the house of al-Lino, whose group is dominated by Fatah.
MTV said the bomb was estimated to contain 30 kilograms of TNT.
Members of the Paleostinian Armed Struggle immediately cordoned off the area and an explosives expert defused the bomb that was also attached to tapes, detonators and two mobile phones, NNA said.
The news agency added that one of the phones had a message on its screen but its details were not immediately available.
The PAS launched an investigation into the incident.
In a presser he held at the camp, al-Lino hinted that the planned kaboom was linked to ongoing efforts by Paleostinian factions to hand over the head of a Takfiri
...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed...
network to the Lebanese army.
Earlier this month, authorities tossed in the clink a ring led by the leader of Abdullah Azzam Brigades, Abu Mohammed Toufiq Taha, for planning attacks on the Lebanese army. But the man is reportedly on the run in Ein el-Hellhole.
Later Wednesday, one of al-Lino's bodyguards identified as Abd Suleiman al-Mutlaq was injured in his thigh after an argument with the residents of the area where the bomb was found turned into a shootout.
Al-Lino's bodyguard Amer Fustoq was killed inside the camp in December 2011.