2 Gunmen Dead after Attacking Army in Arsal
The army command said Thursday that two gunmen, a Lebanese and a Syrian, have been killed during a clash with soldiers in a border town in northeastern Lebanon.
The military said in a communique that on Wednesday night a group of armed men riding a pickup truck clashed with the troops after attacking their checkpoint in the area of Wadi Hmeid in the outskirts of Arsal.
Two of the assailants were killed while the rest were able to escape, it said.
Another armed group attacked the same members of the checkpoint at 2:30 am but the assault caused no casualties, the communique said.
The soldiers were able to seize the pickup truck along with the weapons and ammunition that the gunmen were transporting, it added.
On Wednesday, State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr charged three people for killing Lebanese soldiers at the same checkpoint last month.
Saqr charged in absentia Mashhour Abdul Mawla al-Rifahi al-Wazir, a Syrian, for the premeditated killing 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.
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