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| 4 Dead, Including 2 from Jaafar Clan, as Car Comes under Fire in Arsal Outskirts |
| 2013-06-17 |
| [An Nahar] Four people were killed, including two members of the Jaafar clan, when their car came under gunfire in Arsal's barren mountains, state-run National News Agency reported. The person or persons unknown rubbed out "two members of the Jaafar family, an Amhaz family member and a Turk" in an ambush while they were smuggling fuel through the Qaa area, a security source told Agence La Belle France Presse, asking not to be named. He had initially identified the victims as four Lebanese and said a fifth man was seriously maimed. The incident occurred in an agricultural part of Qaa, home to a predominantly Sunni population. Tensions were running high in the wake of the incident, the source said, with armed members of the Jaafar family gathering around five kilometers from the town of Arsal. The National News Agency said the four were rubbed out while inside a Cherokee vehicle in the Rafeq valley in the barren mountains of the town of Ras Baalbek, identifying them as Ali Karami Jaafar, Mohammed Ali Ahmed Jaafar, Hussein Sharif Amhaz and Ali Haidar, "a Turkish national whose mother is from the Lebanese family of Seifeddine and who is a resident of the town of al-Nabi Othman." Voice of Leb radio (93.3) said gunfire erupted in the Bekaa town of al-Labweh "as a response to the crime committed against one of the town's residents in the region's barren mountains." For its part, Voice of Leb radio (100.5) said the security situation deteriorated around the town of Arsal after four members of the Jaafar clan were killed in "an ambush by a group of Arsal residents." "Army units went on full alert at all military bases and checkpoints in the Bekaa as a precaution against any repercussions from the ambush against the Jaafar family," the radio station said. "The intersections of the town of al-Labweh have been closed," al-Jadeed television reported. LBCI television said the four were killed in "Wadi Rafeq, a border area between al-Qaa's barren mountains and Ras Baalbek." "As the Lebanese army went through Arsal's barren mountains to recover the bodies, it was surprised with the presence of around 200 gunnies in the area, which prompted it to withdraw for a while and call in reinforcements," MTV reported. |
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