BEIRUT,(ST)_ Two persons were killed and four others wounded in fire exchange between members of the Lebanese army and gunmen traveling in a car as they refused to stop at an army checkpoint in the al-Sharawneh – Baalbek area yesterday afternoon.
A statement by the Lebanese army Guidance Directorate said that while members of one army checkpoint was attempting to stop a car carrying several gunmen, its occupants inside opened fire at army members at the checkpoint , who retaliated the fire and as a result two persons were killed and four wounded, three of them were passersby citizens, walking near the scene.
The statement pointed out that the two said gunmen were arrested . They are wanted to justice under arrest warrants while the victims and the injured were admitted to hospitals in the region and military police took over the investigation into the incident under the supervision of the competent court.
T. Fateh