NYE Celebratory Gunfire Injures Five; 4 Arrested
Celebratory gunfire wounded five people in Lebanon on New Year’s Eve, the Internal Security Forces said on Wednesday.
“Five people were injured in al-Qobbeh, el-Mina and al-Nour Square (in Tripoli), and on the Sayyed Hadi Nasrallah Highway and Choueifat” in Beirut’s suburbs, an ISF statement said.
“A number of shooters have been identified while four have been arrested and investigations are still ongoing to apprehend the others,” the ISF added.
It also urged citizens to “send documented information about the shooters (pictures or videos)” via the ISF’s website or social media pages, promising that the identity of senders would remain confidential.
Source: Naharnet
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