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Lebanon army 'in control' of camp Lebanon army 'in control' of camp
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Lebanon's army says it has taken full control of a Palestinian refugee camp where its troops have been battling Islamist militants since May.Lebanon's army says it has taken full control of a Palestinian refugee camp where its troops have been battling Islamist militants since May.
The announcement came after troops said they had killed 28 Fatah al-Islam militants who tried to break out of the besieged Nahr El-Bared camp.The announcement came after troops said they had killed 28 Fatah al-Islam militants who tried to break out of the besieged Nahr El-Bared camp.
Troops fired celebratory shots to signal the end of the stand-off.Troops fired celebratory shots to signal the end of the stand-off.
The fighting has killed more than 300 people and forced nearly 40,000 Palestinian refugees to flee.The fighting has killed more than 300 people and forced nearly 40,000 Palestinian refugees to flee.
A spokesman for the Lebanese prime minister told the BBC that resistance has collapsed at the camp and the army was now in control. "The battle is over. The Lebanese army has seized the last positions of Fatah al-Islam in the camp," a security source told Reuters news agency.
Troops are still hunting for any escaped militants in the surrounding area of northern Lebanon. But have now moved inside the camp and are searching for booby traps and unexploded ordinance there, officials said.
Five soldiers are reported to have died in Sunday's violence.
A BBC correspondent in Lebanon says the fighting at the camp has been the worst internal violence in Lebanon since the end of the civil war in 1990.
Fatah al-Islam, which has been linked to al-Qaeda, emerged in 2006 when it split from Fatah al-Intifada (Fatah Uprising), a Syrian-backed Palestinian group based in Lebanon.