Prisoner Apprehended in Beirut after Failed Attempt to Flee
Two armed men briefly set free a prisoner who was being transported in a police vehicle to a hospital in Beirut but their plot failed and the suspects escaped, the National News Agency reported on Thursday.
It said the patrol was transferring the prisoner from Rafik Hariri University Hospital to al-Hayat hospital when two men identified as Fawzi Sh. and Ahmed Q. pointed their guns at the officers and whisked the man in a black Kia.
But the patrol chased the suspects and rearrested the prisoner after exchanging fire with them in the area of the Kuwaiti embassy, NNA said.
The two men escaped however after leaving behind their vehicle.
As for the prisoner, he was hospitalized in al-Hayat with several guards outside his room, NNA added.
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