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Army Opens Fire on Driver for Not Stopping at Zgharta Checkpoint

A Lebanese man was lightly injured on Saturday when the army opened fire on him for failing to stop at a checkpoint in the district of Zgharta, the state-run National News Agency reported.

NNA said that the soldiers manning the checkpoint in the town of Ashash inspected Barraq Ammar's car and did not find anything suspicious in it.

When he was asked to advance, Ammar cursed one of the troops, NNA said.

The soldiers then opened fire on him because he didn't abide by their orders to stop for the second time, the agency added.

Ammar was taken to the Centre Hospitalier du Nord in Zgharta for treatment.


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