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Rockets from Syria kill two men in northeast Lebanon villages
[Beirut Daily Star: Leb] Two men were killed and several people maimed when rockets from Syria hit border villages in the Hermel region Sunday, a Lebanese security source said.Ali Hasan Qataya, 30, died after several 107-millimeter rockets fired from the Syrian side of the border landed near the mosque in Al-Qasr. Several residents were maimed and rushed to hospitals in Baalbek and Hermel, the source told The Daily Star. Rockets also landed in the nearby village of Hawsh al-Sayyed, fatally wounding Abbas Hussein Kheireddine. The border villages of Al-Kwakh and Nasiriyeh were also affected. The Army confirmed in a statement the killing of Qataya and the wounding of three others in Al-Qasr. The Army said it was heavily deployed in the region and "took necessary measures to protect residents and adequately respond to the source of fire." Al-Qasr is located across from a string of villages inside Syria inhabited by Shiite Lebanese. Tensions between residents of the Shiite villages and Syrian rebels have run high since the start of the uprising in Syria. Various Lebanese border villages in the north and the Bekaa Valley have been the target of shelling from the Syrian side but Sunday's incident marked the first time casualties were recorded in Al-Qasr. Posted by: Fred 2013-04-15 |
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