ISF Denies Injury of 2 Members in Shekka

The Internal Security Forces Intelligence Branch denied on Monday that two of its members were wounded when chasing a wanted man in the northern town of Shekka.

“News about the injury of the Intelligence Branch members are not true,” said the ISF on twitter.

The denial came after the state-run National News Agency said a police patrol was pursuing Talal Kanj on the main road in Shekka when its members engaged in a fistfight with him.

The clash turned into a gunfight, leading to the injury of the two ISF members, the agency said.

It did not say if their injuries were life-threatening.

Kanj, who hails from the town of Hboush, was able to escape. But the members of the patrol impounded his black Kia Picanto, the agency added.

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