Army Adjutant Escapes Shooting in Tripoli

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Unknown assailants opened fire in the northern city Tripoli at a Lebanese army Intelligence Adjutant without injuring him, the state-run National News Agency reported on Wednesday.

Adjutant A.M. was subject to gunfire in the area of al-Qobbeh, NNA added.

Afterwards, the army carried out patrols and raided several houses including that of fugitive Islamist Shadi al-Mawlawi without finding him.

They arrested a man on suspicion of his involvement in the act, and erected checkpoints in several areas of the city mainly in Qobbeh and Bab al-Tabbaneh.

In a separate incident, the army arrested fugitive Abdul Rahman Ibrahim al-Ahmed on charges of opening fire and hurling bombs at one of the military positions in Bab al-Tabbaneh in 2014, and for carrying out assaults in coordination with others on military personnel in the said area.

He was referred to the related authorities for interrogation.

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SourceNaharnet