3 People Wounded in Beirut Shooting, Bomb Defused in Dahieh
An unidentified gunman using a silencer-equipped gun shot and wounded a man, his wife and a policeman at the Danna neighborhood in Beirut”s Tariq Jedideh district overnight.
News reports on Friday said the Lebanese army opened an investigation into the incident.
Also Thursday night, a bomb set to explode was found at Rawdat al-Shahidein in Beirut”s southern suburbs. A military expert safely defused the bomb.
Meanwhile, Lebanese army troops circled the village of Sheikh Lar in north Lebanon”s Akkar province following clashes between rival gunmen.
The clash broke out when a group of Alawites asked the mayor to sign a document regarding ownership of property, but refused to sign claiming that those people don”t own the land.
The crowd left only to come back and open fire, prompting response from local residents.
The army stepped in and a fight took place between troops and the armed elements.