Five Suspects in Police Custody after 1 Dies in Aley Dispute
Five people suspected of involvement in a personal dispute that left one person dead in Aley district were handed over to the Internal Security Forces on Thursday, the state-run National News Agency reported.
NNA said R.Gh. M.M. T.G., K.M. and A.Sh. were handed over to the Intelligence Branch, a day after the dispute that broke out in the town of Qabrshmoun turned into a gunfight and knife-stabbing.
The five suspects are being questioned, it added.
Progressive Socialist Party official Hadi Abu al-Hassan told Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3) the situation in Qabrshmoun was brought under control.
The slain man Walid al-Muhtar, who hails from the nearby town of Aramoun, will be buried on Thursday, he said.
NNA said Wednesday that the dispute broke out over “car drifting” in the area.
At least three people were also wounded.
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