3 People Injured in Gunfight Near Franjieh’s Mansion, MP Plays Down Incident
The guards of the house of former President Suleiman Franjieh and drunk men exchanged fire in the northern town of Ehden at dawn Sunday, injuring three people, the National News Agency reported.
NNA said that two guards – Butros Mikhael Iskandar and Bakhos Ibrahim Jerjes – were injured in the incident that erupted at 5:00 am with two drunken occupants of a vehicle.
The two men were speeding near the mansion when one of the guards stopped them asking about their inappropriate behavior, the agency said. One of the drunk men hit the guard while the other shot at him, which forced the guards to open fire at them.
One of the occupants identified as Naim al-Doueihy was also injured, NNA said.
It added that the army immediately intervened and cordoned off the area.
Marada movement leader MP Suleiman Franjieh said in a statement later Sunday that the shooting near his grandfather’s house should not be exaggerated and that the incident would not affect the tourism season in Ehden.
PM Najib Miqati telephoned Franjieh and followed with Interior Minister Marwan Charbel the investigation into the Ehden incident.
Later on Sunday, al-Doueihy family issued a statement following a meeting at the residence of lawyer Youssef Bahaa al-Doueihy in Ehden.
The conferees accused “some people of distorting the facts through some media outlets,” noting that “the incident started when armed militiamen positioned on the public road opened fire on the passing cars.”
“What happened was not aimed at attacking a certain politician, as some have tried to portray the incident and are trying to exploit it,” al-Doueihy family said in the statement.
“We hope security and judicial institutes will not apply double standards … especially that some consider the defense ministry to be a farm, and we stress that we will abide by the law as much as those in charge of the case will abide by objectivity and neutrality,” the family added.
“We remind them that their regional sponsor had never managed to scare us, even during the epitome of its occupation of Lebanon … We will not tolerate any attack on people’s dignities,” it warned.
over 12 years
The drunk occupants were probably LF drug-addicts/thugs.
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Primitive people
over 12 years
When it comes to felons all sects are equal...Why i don't see anyone commenting on this incident!!! Where are you sectarian monkeys???
Someone say something so i can expose his primitive behavior...
I am waiting!!!
Cheers
over 12 years
Cherchez le Cornered Pussycat, Samir Geagea and his thugs. Al Rahi is disappointing him. What's going on with his Al Qaeda friends in Syria is disappointing him. His leader, cheikh Imbecile, an idiot, is disappointing him. Even Amin Gemayel, another imbecile, is disappointing him. General Michel Aoun, the man against whom he collaborated with the occupier, will forever disappoint him. His friend Si Hosni will soon be hanged, and this is disappointing him... Poor idiot. He has nothing left for him to do in politics. He has now resorted to his filth. Decent Lebanese, beware.
over 12 years
The ape that sometimes calls himself Someone is too busy trying to pass for a gentleman with a brain .
over 12 years
Although this seems like a personnal incident it proves that the Clan mentalities and civic immaturity still prevail among those who on the surface seem civilized but inside are still primitive savages.
over 12 years
People, groups or militia who need to carry a gun og keep weapons are primitive
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first, the guards at the door MUST be carrying licensed weapons. that is part of the job. they are guards for a political figure. it's when civilians are carrying weapons that we should start to take measures, whether these two drunkards or the two lowlifes who accidentally blew themselves up in antelias a few days ago. only the army and license-carrying individuals should have access to guns. and the licensing authority must be very strict and people screened before getting a license. but this is lebanon, and this will not happen in our lifetime. not with armed militias still boasting about their illegal weapons.
over 12 years
Slimy is not known for his intellect, far from it but even he knows that he needs to stay on the good side of al-Doueihy family.
over 12 years
This is insane.. personal. bodyguards shouldn't be allowed to use their weapons outside the mansion they are supposed to baby-sit. They somehow behave like hezbollah militiamen!
over 12 years
Look at these idiots that hate the LF as usual commenting nonsense, zo3ran wou wazawez and same old phrases they like to use, maybe they forgot that the doueihy family and frangieh used to be 2 clans or 2 mafias in Zgharta and always had problems together and that has nothing to do with the LFs that are mostly from Cedars and Bcharré, but of course as usual they need someone to blame, maybe you should ought to calm down your dogs in dahieh, Syria is falling apart, and GODWILLING , like hassouné the big fat jardouné says you will all wake up to see how you are misguided and if you dont , go to hell with the rest of the digusting zionist irano-syrian spies inside this infected no good for nothing drug addicted and loose Hezbelmafia
over 12 years
Everyone in Ehden and Zgharta knows who's Naim al-Doueihy and what kind of a thug he is...
Hayde l dawle li badon yeha l ouwet! W bdalo y2oulo ma ma3on sle7!