Man Stabbed to Death in Dbayeh

A young man was stabbed six times Thursday night in the area of Dbayeh north of Beirut, the state-run National News Agency reported.

NNA said that Joseph Qasouf was stabbed three times in his abdomen, twice in his back and one time in the head.

He was found dead in the St. George street in Dbayeh at midnight.

Security forces and the related authorities opened an investigation in the case.

Later during the day, the Voice of Lebanon Radio (100.5) said that police have arrested a Syrian man A.A.A. on suspicion of having links to the murder of Qasouf.

NNA later reported that the Internal Security Forces Intelligence Branch said it had arrested the killer, a Syrian Ali Ahmed Ali.

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