Thousands mourn a Palestinian general, among 9 killed in sectarian clashes at a Lebanon refugee camp

By ABBY SEWELL and FADI TAWIL
Associated Press

SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — Thousands of mourners have gathered in south Lebanon for the funeral of a Palestinian military general with the Fatah group, whose killing in a refugee camp in Lebanon sparked fierce sectarian street battles that have killed at least nine people. Three days of clashes between Palestinian factions at the Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp have pitted members of President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party against Islamist groups accused of gunning down the general, Abu Ashraf al Armoushi, on Sunday. A Lebanese lawmaker announced a cease-fire agreement late Monday, which appeared to calm the situation, but sporadic gunfire continued afterward. Earlier efforts to broker a cease-fire had failed to stop the fighting at the Ein el-Hilweh camp.