Bomb found in Ain al-Hilweh camp

A bomb estimated to contain 30 kilogrammes of TNT and set to blow up by remote control, was found Wednesday early morning near the home of a Fatah official, police chief Mahmoud Abdel Hamid Issa - also known as “Al-Lino,” in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh in Sidon, Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) reported. The bomb was hidden in a paint bucket that had been thrown in a trash container near Al-Lino’s house in Sidon's Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp. A military expert from Fatah’s police force in the camp dismantled the bomb, and the Palestinian camp’s police began its investigation into the issue. This is not the first attempt on the Fatah official's life. Amer Fustoq, Lino’s bodyguard, was shot and killed in Ain al-Hilweh’s vegetable market in December 2011. Ain al-Helweh, the largest Palestinian camp in Lebanon, is home to about 50,000 refugees. By long-standing convention, neither the Lebanese army nor the police enter the country's 12 refugee camps, and leave security responsibilities to the Palestinians themselves.