Sporadic clashes that have killed eight people continued in the Palestinian Ain al-Hilweh camp in southern Lebanon on Monday (April 10th), as an extremist group battled a local security force, AFP reported.
The sound of intermittent fighting and bursts of gunfire could be heard on the outskirts of the camp in the city of Sidon after a night of heavy clashes.
Medical sources said the toll in the fighting, which began on Friday (April 7th), had risen to eight, among them five civilians, with at least 40 people wounded.
Among the injured were three people in critical condition, as well as a four-year-old boy.
The fighting has prompted security measures outside the camp, which the Lebanese army does not enter by long-standing convention.
