Southern Lebanon camp blast kills one, wounds four - Summary
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Beirut - A bomb concealed in a motorcycle exploded Tuesday near a mosque in a southern Lebanon Palestinian refugee camp, killing one person and slightly wounding four, Lebanese and Palestinian security officials said. Sources inside the camp said Ahmad Qassem was killed in the blast near al Nour Mosque in Ain el-hilweh camp, east of Sidon. The bomb had targeted Qassem after he finished praying inside the mosque. The Leader of the Islamic Struggle Movement, sheikh Jamal Khattad, and the Imam of al Nour Mosque told Deutsche Presse-Agentur
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