Jaafar Clan Member Involved in Couple's Murder Killed by Army
A man from the Jaafar clan wanted in the murder of a couple in the eastern Baalbek district died on Thursday after he was shot by the Lebanese army during his arrest, the military command and the state-run National News Agency said.
Ahmed Mohammed Salim Jaafar was injured on Wednesday night after the military ambushed him in an area between al-Yammouneh and Dar al-Wasaa.
He was driving a Grand Cherokee without license plates, said the army in a communique.
But Jaafar, who is wanted on several warrants including an attack on a military patrol in 2012, succumbed to his injuries hours later, it added.
A Syrian man, who was accompanying him at the time of his arrest, was also killed, NNA said.
According to the agency, Jaafar is also wanted in the November 15 murder of Sobhi and Nadimeh Fakhri in the town of Btedei.
The couple were killed by fugitives from the Jaafar clan who were fleeing army troops.
The gunmen entered the family's house with the intent of taking their vehicle but the tenants showed resistance, which prompted the armed men to shoot the couple and their son, who survived the attack.
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