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| Gunmen Attack Army, ISF in Brital after Raids over Abducted Child |
| 2014-03-08 |
| [An Nahar] Gunmen shot up security forces Friday evening in the Bekaa town of Brital after the army carried out raids in search for the kidnapped 10-year-old child Michel Ibrahim al-Saqr. "A number of gunnies crossed an army checkpoint in Brital and shot up the troops, who responded in kind," state-run National News Agency reported. An Nahar newspaper said "runaways who arrived in four SUVs opened fire on an army post in Brital's Tal al-Nabi Saleh area and the army retaliated." Earlier, NNA said "a number of runaways shot up the Brital cop shoppe after the army carried out raids in the town in search for the kidnappers of the child Michel Ibrahim al-Saqr." The agency said the armed attacks did not cause any casualties. Meanwhile, ...back at the shouting match, Bart was wondering if fisticuffs would be appropriate at this point... Voice of Leb radio (93.3) said "two women from the Ismail family were maimed in festivities between security forces and runaways in Brital." It also said "the army raided and expropriated several houses belonging to runaways involved in the abduction of the child Saqr." Earlier on Friday, the radio station said festivities erupted between security forces and suspects in Brital during raids related to Saqr's abduction. And OTV said "the army is raiding houses of runaways in Brital and gunfire has been heard." Michel, a 10-year-old son of the businessman Ibrahim al-Saqr, was kidnapped at gunpoint earlier on Friday in the eastern city of Zahle, according to NNA. Saqr was heading to school with the family's driver when four masked gunnies in a Grand Cherokee SUV kidnapped him, NNA said. |
| Posted by:Fred |