A Palestinian officer killed in Ein al-Helweh camp

Unidentified armed men assassinated on Thursday at dawn an official at the "Fatah" movement at the Palestinian Ein al-Helweh camp. His name is Shukri al-Khatib.

Security sources said that three armed men one of them is masked opened fire on Thursday at dawn at the officer in the Fatah movement, of the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat near his house at the camp and this resulted in killing him immediately. The gunmen fled to an unknown place.