By NNN-KUNA
Beirut : The Lebanese Army has announced it stormed Fatah al-Islam's headquarters in the northern camp of Nahr al-Bared Thursday, pushing diehard terrorists to underground shelters.
Lebanese troops moved to establish control over the terrorists' last pocket of resistance in the camp after controlling their headquarters, an Army statement said.
However, the sector is a narrow slum in the centre of the camp, noting that Fatah al-Islam terrorists were entrenched in a network of tunnels that had been established in the 1970s to serve as air raid shelters, the statement said.
The militants fired more than a dozen Katyusha rockets indiscriminately hitting civilian targets of provinces that abut Nahr al-Bared. No casualties were reported, the statement added.
The Army's communique said the troops were tightening the noose on Fatah al-Islam terrorists and renewed its offer to them to surrender, stressing that their ability to manoeuvre has become "so tight".
The camp had an estimated population of 31,000 when the clashes broke out two months ago. However, the residents have fled to safety in other camps, leaving behind only Fatah al-Islam terrorists and their dependents, estimated at around 80 people.
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