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Conflict Incident Report

Death of Fateh official in Ain alHilweh

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Tensions at Ain el-Helweh (starting August 7, 2014)
Date of incident: 
December 24, 2016
Death toll: 
1 person
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Fatah al-Islam

One of Fateh Movement's senior officials, Sleiman Abu Nemr, was assassinated in a booby-trap that went off inside Ain el-Hilweh Refugee Camp.

However, Palestinian National Security Brigade Commander Subhi Abu Arab considered, that the killing of Fateh Military Unit Commander Sleiman Abu Nemr occurred by accident, whereby a bomb he had kept at his home went off by mistake.
He added that the clashes that broke out following Abu Nemr's death were due to the belief that he was targeted.

Primary category: 
Assassination
Classification of conflict (primary): 
Power & governance conflicts
Violent or non-violent conflicts associated with antagonisms related to internal political tensions between local and/or national groups and parties. These tensions may be encouraged by internal, regional and international parties. Such conflicts are characterized by their defiance and/or opposition to central State power and governance.