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Wounds on the back typically are more a sign of a attempt to kill a lion than just the usual scraps over food or mating.
Lions don't really kill their own kin over that. Though they may hog the food while the other starves.
It may have been one of the lionesses as they typically hold a lot less sympathy to the males. Though it more likely was a scuffle with outsiders.