2 Palestinians killed during funeral in Lebanon refugee camp
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Lebanon's state news agency says two Palestinians were killed when gunfire broke out during the funeral of a Hamas member killed in days earlier in a refugee camp
BEIRUT -- At least two Palestinians were killed and several injured after gunfire broke out during the Sunday funeral of a Hamas member killed in a refugee camp days earlier, Lebanon's state news agency, Palestinian and Lebanese officials said.
The National News Agency said two were killed and seven were injured when what it described as an “altercation” broke out during the Hamas-organized funeral.
The source of the gunfire was not immediately clear in the tense Burj Shamali camp, which was rocked by a series of explosions late Friday that killed the Hamas member. The cause of the explosions was also disputed. The Palestinian Hamas group said an electrical short-circuit in a storage area for oxygen bottles caused the blast.
But a Lebanese security official said the explosion happened in an ammunition depot. NNA had also reported an explosion in a Hamas arms warehouse in the camp, saying a number were killed and injured.