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Concussion bomb blast rocks refugee camp in Lebanon

(with photos) BEIRUT, March 30 (KUNA) -- A concussion bomb blew up in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain El-Helweh on outskirts of the southern port city of Sidon early on Wednesday, security sources said.
Palestinian bomb disposal experts dismantled another bomb that was set to go off in the district of Al-Tairah at the sprawling camp, just southeast of the port city, some 40 km south of the capital. The defused bomb was handed over to the Lebanese Army.
In remarks to KUNA, the top commander of Fatah at the camp, Munir Al-Mqdah, accused "Israeli agents" of planting such bombs with the aim of fomenting tension in the region.
Some 70,000 Palestinians, out of 400,000 refugees in Lebanon, live at this camp. (end) oh.rk KUNA 301128 Mar 11NNNN