A Lebanese government spokesman says police have killed the second in command of the Fatah al-Islam terrorist group, which has been battling the Lebanese Army in a Palestinian refugee camp for more than two months. Edward Yeranian reports from Beirut.
News that Abu Hureira - the number-two man of the Fatah al-Islam Palestinian terrorist group - has been killed by government security forces brought some joy and relief to ordinary Lebanese, eager to see an end to the bloody two-month siege of the Nahr al Bared refugee camp in northern Lebanon.
Lebanon Information Minister Ghazi Aridi says Abu Hureira was killed after he and a companion, riding a motorcycle, opened fire on a government checkpoint in Tripoli and officers returned fire.
The shootout is said to have taken place several days ago. DN
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