Lebanese Man Critically Wounded in Arsal

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Lebanese citizen Hussein al-Hujeiri was seriously wounded when unidentified assailants opened fire at him in the Bekaa border town of Arsal before fleeing to an unknown destination, state-run National News Agency reported.

Hujeiri was wounded in the head and has since been rushed to a hospital in the region, NNA said.

The restive town has witnessed numerous similar incidents in recent years.

Extremist militants from the al-Nusra Front and Islamic State groups are entrenched in the town's outskirts and in 2014 they overran it before eventually being ousted by the Lebanese army after days of deadly battles.

Members of two groups have since been involved in several violent incidents in and around the town.