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‘Violence breaks out in refugee camp in Sy… JPost – Middle East.

  Fourteen people were reportedly killed and 43 injured Monday after violence erupted in a Palestinian refugee camp in Syria, Palestinian news agency WAFA said.

The violence broke out in the Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus when thousands of refugees attacked  the headquarters of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Commend (PFLP-GC) after a funeral was held for Palestinians killed by IDF fire during ‘Naksa’ Day clashes earlier this week.

The mourners at the funeral accused the PFLP leadership of sending their “sons” to the border clashes.WAFA cited refugee camp sources as saying that 43 people were also seriously injured in the confrontation. However, conflicting reports say no one was killed in the incident, only injured.

A Youtube video released Monday showed the clashes at the Yarmouk refugee camp, but it could not be verified.

Reports also said that the mourners attacked Palestinian leaders including the head of Hamas’s political bureau Khaled Mashaal, who came to express his condolences. Head of the PFLP, Ahmad Jibril, was also present at the scene.

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