Syrian Killed, Two Wounded by Army for Failing to Halt at Arsal Checkpoint
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
A Syrian was killed and two others were wounded on Thursday by the army in the Bekaa region of Arsal, said the Army Command in a statement.
It said that the army was forced to open fire at the Syrians, who were riding a motorcycle, after they fled from an army checkpoint in the Wadi Hmayyed area.
Investigations in the incident are underway.
The National News Agency had earlier reported that the three Syrians were armed members of al-Nusra Front, adding that they fell victim to an army ambush.
The victim was identified as Ziad Issa and the injured as Iyyad Samra and Ibrahim Hsayyan, reported Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3).
Al-Jadeed television meanwhile reported that the incident took place after the Syrians attempted to cross the border sand barrier in the area.
Arsal lies 12 kilometers from the border with Syria and has been used as a conduit for weapons and rebels to enter Syria, while also serving as a refuge for people fleeing the conflict.
Lebanon is sharply divided over the war in Syria and Arsal is a particular flashpoint as refugees from the uprising and fighters and smugglers hostile to the regime of President Bashar Assad traverse the border.
M.T.
D.A.
03 April 2014, 15:24
75
hehehehe they dont care about protecting lebanon, they want to protect their qatari/lybian rebels.
03 April 2014, 15:55
26
LAF, frappez avant de parler, the only way, and the best. Anyone who doesn't stop, well, it's his responsibility, LAF checkpoints have abundant signs to warn well ahead of a checkpoint, so why do some ignore an army doing its work?
03 April 2014, 17:45
53
say the idiots backing a foreign militia deciding of peace and war instead of the lebanese government on which they SPIT...
03 April 2014, 18:44
03
How difficult is it to stop at an army checkpoint? Unless of course, you're a jihadist terrorist and you have something to hide.
03 April 2014, 23:09
00
one down, about 20,000 more to go.
rome wasn't built in a day and terror wasn't defeated in one either./
04 April 2014, 00:15
21
I am happy this happened. However, most of my friends and people in my area are very M14, and none of them like takfiri/libyan... Just because you like moderate Sunni, doesn't mean you support terror. Just food for thought. Let's not take it that direction. It takes away credibility when you say those things. Most M14ers lost many lives fighting libyans and the like. They don't support this garbage. They just are hurt by what Assad did to them, and what happened to them under Syrian occupation. What is that so hard to understand?
04 April 2014, 05:42
10
Flamefart, why is it always march 14. How much the ASSad clans pay per post?
