One Wounded as Car Fails to Stop at Wadi Khaled Army Checkpoint
[An Nahar] A car passenger was maimed on Tuesday as army troops opened fire on the vehicle after its driver refused to stop at a military checkpoint in the northern town of al-Awwadeh in the Wadi Khaled region, state-run National News Agency reported.
The maimed man was rushed by a Lebanese Red Thingy ambulance to the Our Lady of Peace Hospital in al-Qoubaiyat, while the army locked away
Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out!
a man from the al-Shiban family.
The incident created an uproar in Wadi Khaled's towns, with protesters blocking the al-Hisheh-Wadi Khaled road.
Posted by: Fred 2013-05-22 |