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Tragic Incident at Army Checkpoint in Labweh: Young Man Killed after Refusing Car Search, Tension Escalates

The young man, N.A.R., spent After he refused to comply with the request of the army checkpoint personnel at the entrance to the town of Labweh in the northern Bekaa to search his Picanto car.

In the details, the young man, N.A.R., tried to quickly cross the army checkpoint, accompanied by three of his companions from the Al-Mawla and Amhaz family, so the officers fired warning shots at him at first, but he did not stop, so the army continued to fire to stop him, but he was injured and taken to Al-Assi Hospital in Hermel, where he soon died.

A state of tension prevailed immediately after the news of his death spread and the arrest of those who were with him. Residents gathered at the town’s intersection and deliberately closed the international road in both directions and smashed pedestrians’ cars.

Army units came to try to calm things down, while investigations were opened to uncover the circumstances of the accident, indicating that all Lebanese army checkpoints in the region stop all “Picanto” cars, especially in the northern Bekaa, due to the phenomenon of them being repeatedly stolen and smuggled from the border area to The Syrian interior.

2023-09-30 19:21:00
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