Syrian Man Arrested after Stabbing to Death Sidon Shop Owner
A 22-year-old Syrian was arrested for the murder of the owner of a money exchange shop in the southern port city of Sidon, the National News Agency reported Tuesday.
NNA said that the assailant, Nasser al-Fares, stabbed to death Mohammed al-Natout, 66, and fled after stealing $5,000 from him at dawn Tuesday.
Al-Natout usually keeps his shop open until late at night.
But the security forces immediately staged a manhunt and arrested al-Fares in Beirut, NNA said.
Later in the day, the agency said that the commander of the Internal Security Forces in the South, Brig. Gen. Dib al-Tbaili, offered a financial reward to a taxi driver identified as Fasih Kaoush for helping resolve the case.
It did not provide further details on the role that Kaoush played to help arrest the murderer.
In another robbery, a thief stole a large quantity of cosmetics and perfumes from the vehicle of Samira Ahmed Murtada in the Hay al-Sellom neighborhood of Beirut’s southern suburbs.
Security forces took fingerprints from the car to identify the thief.
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