Syrian, 2 Lebanese Charged with Deadly Assault on Army
State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr charged three people on Wednesday for killing Lebanese soldiers in the northeastern town of Arsal last month.
Saqr charged in absentia Mashhour Abdul Mawla al-Rifahi al-Wazir, a Syrian, for the premeditated attack on an army checkpoint in Arsal and for the murder of three soldiers on May 28.
The judge also charged two Lebanese, Ahmed Hussein Mohammed and Iman Shmaytiyeh, who are in detention, for taking part in the assault.
The suspects face the death penalty if convicted.
Saqr referred the file to the first Military Examining Magistrate.
As Safir daily reported on Monday that the Syrian suspect had fled to Syria.
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