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Conflict Incident Report

One wounded in gunfire inside Ain el Hilwe following assassination of Russia ambassador in Ankara

Date of incident: 
December 19, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
1 person
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Palestinian Civilians/Refugees

RPGs and intense gunfire were heard inside the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain-el-Hilwe and one was wounded following news on the assassination of the Russian ambassador in Ankara this evening, National News Agency correspondent reported.

Primary category: 
Shooting
Classification of conflict (primary): 
Individual acts of violence
Violent incidents which do not have a specific or a known political agenda but are caused by the general proliferation of weapons, of trained and untrained soldiers or militants, by the general inefficiency of the Justice system, and past-traditions and histories of violence within society.