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Shooting in Ain El Helwe following reports about Shishani's death in Syria

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Tensions at Ain el-Helweh (starting August 7, 2014)
Date of incident: 
May 12, 2015
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Palestinian Civilians/Refugees

NNA - Heavy shooting was heard in Ain El-Helwe Palestinian refugees' camp after news spread about the death of the Palestinian Abou Abdel Malak Mahmoud Jamal Al-Fares, a.k.a. Shishani, while he fought in Syria, as reported by the NNA correspondent.

http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/44082/Shooting-in-Ain-El-Helwe-follow...

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.