[Ma'an] Fatah Central Committee member Sultan Abul Enein said on Tuesday that the blast in Beirut on Saturday that caused the deaths of two Hamas members was an accident.He said in an interview with Voice of Palestine radio that the explosion resulted from a "misuse of arms," and had no security or political significance.
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He did not say on what basis he made these assertions. Abul Enein served as one of Fatah's senior leaders in Lebanon for years before moving to the West Bank in August.
The two Hamas members were buried on Tuesday. Hamas has not publicly accused anyone of carrying out the apparent bombing.
Speaking at the funeral on Monday, Hamas' top leader in Lebanon, Osama Hamdan declined to speculate on who was responsible. Also on Monday Lebanon's official National News Agency reported that the blast had been caused by 15 kilograms of TNT.