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Man Killed in Fighting with Sticks and Machetes in Akkar

A Lebanese man was killed when two families armed with sticks and machetes engaged in a fight in a town in the northern district of Akkar, the state-run National News Agency reported on Sunday.

NNA said that Khairallah al-Sheikh died when he was hit on his head with a stick.

Several other people were injured in the fighting that pitted al-Sheikh family members against the Waked clan in the town of Ballanat al-Haisa.

The bickering parties burned several houses in the town, NNA said.

The army intervened to calm the situation and restore order, the agency added.


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