Man Wounded at Akkar Checkpoint as Army Arrests Syrians in Bekaa
A Lebanese man was injured on Tuesday after soldiers opened fire on him for failing to stop at a checkpoint in the northern district of Akkar, the state-run National News Agency reported.
NNA said the Khaled Mkahhal was on his motorcycle when the soldiers manning the checkpoint on Mashta Hassan-Mashta Hammoud road ordered him to stop.
But the troops opened fire on him when he did not heed their request.
He was taken to a hospital in Qobayat for the treatment of his gunshot wounds, the agency added.
In another security related incident, NNA said that the army arrested three suspected Syrian terrorists in the eastern Bekaa Valley.
The Syrians were apprehended at a military checkpoint on suspicion of involvement in terrorist activities, NNA added without elaborating.
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