Two Wounded as Bab al-Tabbaneh Dispute Erupts into Gunfire

Two people were injured Sunday as a personal dispute between a number of citizens in the northern city of Tripoli escalated into a shooting.

“One person was wounded in a clash between a number of young men in Bab al-Tabbaneh's Syria Street outside Tabbaneh sweets shop,” state-run National News Agency reported.

It said another man known as Abou Wadih was injured as he was being chased by army troops.

The army later issued a statement clarifying the incident.

“A personal dispute erupted between two citizens in Tripoli's Bab al-Tabbaneh area during which Khaled Issa opened fire from an assault rifle, wounding a man called Ahmed Obeida,” the statement said.

“An army force intervened immediately and imposed a security cordon around the scene,” it added, noting that “raids are underway to arrest the shooter and those involved in the incident.”

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