Army Arrests Suspect after Saadnayel Gunbattle
The Lebanese army said Wednesday that it has arrested a man involved in a gunbattle between the residents of the eastern town of Saadnayel.
“A dispute among Saadnayel residents on Tuesday night turned into a gunfight with light arms and into rioting,” the army said in a communique.
A military unit intervened and contained the battles, it said, adding that it arrested Abdullah al-Kurdi after raiding several locations.
The army vowed to continue to pursue all the suspects to arrest them and refer them to the judiciary.
The military said there were no casualties in the gunfight. But according to the state-run National News Agency, four people were injured.
It said the clashes erupted when young men assaulted the preacher of Imam Ali Bin Abi Taleb Mosque, Sheikh Bilal al-Hushaimi, to stop him from leading prayers at the mosque.
The attack led to the gunbattles between the sheikh's supporters and men from a political movement, said NNA, without identified the party they belong to.
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