Sniper Fire Targets Taalabaya Mourners Sparking Clash
Clashes raged in the Bekaa Valley town of Taalabaya on Tuesday between mourners and unidentified gunmen who opened fire from hills overlooking the area targeting a funeral procession.
The clashes blocked traffic for nearly one hour along the highway that links Taalabaya to adjacent Saadnayel.
Angry mourners were trying to burry Abdullah Mohieddine Adewi, when they came under fire from hilltop positions to the east.
Adewi was killed when assailants from the Abu Hamdan clan, opened fire at a group of young men leaving a sidewalk café which also wounded four people overnight Monday.
Taalabaya residents responded to the sources of fire and went into a brief confrontation with army units deployed in the region.