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| Shooting between Arsal-Labweh Sparks Heavy Army Deployment |
| 2013-06-21 |
| [An Nahar] The Lebanese army made on Thursday a heavy deployment in the areas of al-Labweh and Arsal in the Northeast after residents of the two towns exchanged gunfire. The deployment came amid high tension caused by sectarian splits in the country, which were exacerbated by the war in Syria. The National News Agency said the military deployed after gunnies from the Sunni town of Arsal opened fire on residents from al-Labweh, drawing retaliatory fire. Al-Labweh is majority Shiite. There was no report of casualties in the shooting. On Sunday, four Lebanese men were killed in an ambush in Wadi Rafeq which is not far from the two towns. The murder of the men -- two from the Jaafar clan and another from Amhaz family - hiked the sectarian tensions and concerns over the spillover of the civil war raging in Syria. Gunmen from the families of the slain men erupted into the streets and set up roadblocks, accusing Arsal residents of being behind the killings. |
| Posted by:Fred |