LEBANON: Bomb blast in Palestinian refugee camp

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Att.Editors: The following item is from the Qatar News Agency (QNA)

BEIRUT, Mar 1 2003 (IPS) - An Egyptian man reportedly linked to al-Qaeda network was killed Saturday in a powerful bomb explosion at Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp. Two others were injured in the blast.

Farouk al-Masri, an Islamic activist, died instantly when the bomb placed in a car detonated outside a small restaurant he owns in the Ein el-Hilweh camp, located on the outskirts of the southern port city Sidon.

Two Palestinian bystanders, Osama Saadeddin and Nabil Al-Haj, were wounded and several houses damaged.