Three are killed, others wounded in Ein al-Helweh camp in Lebanon

Three persons were killed and others were injured yesterday in an attack launched by unidentified persons in Ein al-Helweh camp, the largest Palestinian camp in Lebanon, during a demonstration voicing support for the demands of the Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli jails.

Witnesses said that one military official in the Fatah movement, which is led by the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, was among the killed. Health officials also said that another member in the movement was killed in the attack.

The Lebanese police said that Mariam Qteish ( 14 year old) was hit by a fatal bullet while she was standing on the balcony of the hospital, hundreds of meters of the outskirts of the camp in Sidon city.

The sources added that the bullet was fired from Ein al-Helweh camp at the demonstration that included thousands of persons.

Armed men from Fatah movement were deployed in the streets following the attack which is considered the most recent in the acts of violence in the camp which is inhabited by 350,000 Palestinians.