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Two Lebanese soldiers killed in violence at 2nd Palestinian camp

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BEIRUT, June 4 (RIA Novosti) - Two Lebanese soldiers died in shootouts with Islamist militant group Jund al-Sham in violence that has spread to a second Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, local media reported.

Two Jund al-Sham fighters died, and five Lebanese soldiers were injured in fighting that broke out late Sunday and continued until Monday morning at the Ain al-Hilweh camp in southern Lebanon, near the Mediterranean port of Sidon.

The Lebanese army has been locked in fierce violence for over two weeks with another militant group, Fatah al-Islam, at the northern Nahr al-Barad camp near Tripoli. On Friday the army began bombarding Nahr al-Barad with artillery fire.

The new wave of violence in the southern camp appears to be a spill-over from the Nahr al-Barad conflict, which has taken more than 100 lives since May 20. Media suggested that Jund al-Sham militants are attempting to take the pressure off Fatah al-Islam, another Sunni organization, alleged to have links with al-Qaida.

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