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Senior Fatah official killed in south Lebanon

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Source: CCTV.com | 03-24-2009 10:33

A roadside bomb in southern Lebanon has killed a senior Fatah official Kamal Madhat and three of his bodyguards.

The bomb exploded as they were leaving a Palestinian refugee camp. A fourth bodyguard was wounded in the blast.

Lebanese soldiers and civilians inspect the explosion site in Mieh Mieh refugee camp outside the southern Lebanese city of Sidon March 23, 2009. A bomb killed a senior official in the Palestinian Fatah faction and four other people in southern Lebanon on Monday, security sources said.REUTERS/Ali Hashisho
Lebanese soldiers and civilians inspect the explosion site
in Mieh Mieh refugee camp outside the southern Lebanese city 
of Sidon March 23, 2009. A bomb killed a senior official in 
the Palestinian Fatah faction and four other people in 
southern Lebanon on Monday, security sources said.
REUTERS/Ali Hashisho

Madhat's car was completely gutted in the explosion that left a five-meter wide crater. No one claimed responsibility for the bombing.