One Person Injured in Shooting in Tripoli
Unknown assailants opened fire on Monday at an Alawite resident of the northern city of Tripoli reported the National News Agency.
It said that Youssef Khalil was wounded in his legs in the Bab al-Hadeed area in Tripoli.
He has since been transferred to Saydet Zgharta Hospital for treatment.
Five days ago and in a similar incident, Khodr Abbas from Tripoli's majority Alawite Jabal Mohsen neighborhood was also wounded in a shooting in the city.
Over 20 of such incidents against Jabal Mohsen residents have been reported in a reflection of the impact the Syrian crisis is having on Lebanon.
The divisions in Syria are being reflected in the city as Tripoli's Jabal Mohsen neighborhood supports the country's ruling regime while the Bab al-Tabbaneh neighborhood backs the Syrian rebels.
The tensions between the rival neighborhoods have erupted into armed clashes between the two sides on numerous occasions since the Syrian uprising began in March 2011.
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