Ex-Convict Kills 2 Men, Injures Another in Baalbek Vengeance Attack

Two members of the same family were killed and another man was injured in the eastern city of Baalbek at dawn Tuesday when a former convict opened fire on them over an old dispute.

Voice of Lebanon radio station (93.3) said that Mohammed Shuqair, who was released from prison 48 hours ago, shot at Internal Security Forces Sergeant Mohammed Aqid Solh and Mohammed Baqbouq Solh from his Nissan Sunny, killing them instantly.

Shuqair then drove his vehicle and opened fire on Hussein Riyad al-Faitrouni, severely injuring him in his legs, VDL said.

Upon hearing the news of the shootings, angry gunmen headed to Shuqair’s four-storey house and set it on fire, the radio station added.

But the National News Agency said that unknown assailants fired a B7 rocket at the house of the perpetrator that lies in Baalbek’s al-Sharawina neighborhood.

Later, several members of the victims’ families set fire to a building in al-Tufaili neighborhood that houses four apartments belonging to the brothers of al-Shuqair, without causing any casualties, NNA said.