14-Year-Old Teen Kills Three, Including Father, Wounds Several in Beirut Neighborhood

Three people were shot and killed and three others were wounded in the Beirut neighborhood of Zqaq al-Blat when a young man first opened fire killing his father and later killing another two, the National News Agency reported on Tuesday.

The 14-year suspect who was identified as Ali Mohammed Younis shot his dad, Mohammed, using a hunting rifle at 6:15 killing him instantly, NNA said.

The perpetrator went out of his house and shot at the doorman of a nearby building seriously wounding him and his wife. The man, a Syrian national, later succumbed to his wounds.

He also killed another man, identified as Syrian Ali Mohamed al-Merhi.

NNA said three other people were reported injured but their identifies have not been identified yet.

Security forces arrested the perpetrator and opened investigation into the incident..