The World - News from June 5, 1986
Shia Muslim militiamen in Beirut battled Palestinian guerrillas for the 17th straight day. Police said three people were killed and 11 wounded in the fight for control of three besieged Palestinian refugee camps. Since the battle started, at least 55 people have been killed and at least 250 wounded, security sources said. The camps are shantytowns on the Lebanese capital’s southern edge. Two of them were the site of a 1982 massacre by Lebanese Christian militias.
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