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Man Dies when Wall of his Baalbek House Collapses

A retired army officer died on Wednesday when a wall of his dilapidated house collapsed on him, reported the National News Agency.

It said that Elias Toufic Abou Haidar, 44, suffered severe head injuries when a wall of his residence in the town of Hosh Barda in the Bekaa city of Baalbek collapsed.

He died soon after the incident and before he could be transferred to the Dar al-Amal university hospital.

He will be laid to rest in his hometown of Baskinta on Wednesday night.


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