Fight over Parking Spot Ends in Shooting, Beating Up Officer
A Lebanese police officer was beaten up and his two brothers were shot after an overnight argument over a parking space at an apartment complex in Beirut”s southern suburbs, security sources said.
They identified the officer as 1st lt. Khaled Wazzan.
The security sources said the clash broke out late Tuesday over a parking spot at an apartment complex on Hadi Nasrallah highway in Dahiyeh, or the southern suburbs.
They said the incident began when Wazzan and his two brothers, Tareq and Ahmad, who were complying with a relative”s invitation for an Iftar dinner, parked their vehicle near the family member house.
Several local residents were involved in the fight, according to the sources, and the two Wazzan brothers were shot in the feet.
When the officer tried to protect his brothers, he was attacked and beaten up.
The daily As Safir said Wednesday that soon after footage of the incident were aired, supporters of MP Saad Hariri”s Mustaqbal movement took to the streets of Tariq Jedideh and burned tires in protest.
Lebanese army troops quickly stepped in and contained the protest.
Al Liwaa, however, quoted a security source as saying that the officer is the bodyguard of a spiritual leader, adding that the person who opened fire is from the Dimashk family and a relative of the head of the security squad in charge of Speaker Nabih Berri”s protection.