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Man Kills Wife, Attempts to Commit Suicide in Koura

A Lebanese man killed his wife and then tried to commit suicide in the al-Koura district of northern Lebanon on Friday night, local media reported.

The reports said Saturday that Ahmed Khodr Salibi shot his wife, Giselle Hanna, with a Kalashnikov rifle in her head and chest in the town of Kfarqahel.

He later turned the gun to his head but failed to kill himself. He was taken to al-Koura hospital where he was being treated for his serious condition.

The couple has three children, two girls and a boy.


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