Tensions in Bekaa as Jaafar Clan, Deir Ahmar Residents Clash

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Tensions were high in the eastern Bekaa region on Sunday in the wake of a clash between Jaafar clan members and residents from Deir al-Ahmar, reported MTV.

Media reports had stated that members of the clan had set up a checkpoint at the Iaat-Harf Shlifa road in the wake of an individual dispute in the area.

Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3) said that they set up the checkpoint in response to an assault by Btedei residents against three Jaafar clan woodcutters.

It later said that the army set up a checkpoint at the same crossroads after the Jaafar clan members had left the scene.

The military is inspecting the identification cards of pedestrians in the wake of the assault, said MTV.

Meanwhile, an official from Baalbek Sheikh Mohammed Jaafar said that the situation had been contained.

Tensions had been high in Btedei in the wake of another clash in November.

On November 15, Sobhi and Nadimeh Fakhri were killed at the hands of fugitives from the Jaafar family who were fleeing army troops.

The gunmen entered the family's house with the intent of taking their vehicle but the tenants showed resistance, which prompted the armed men to shoot the couple and their son.

The residents of Btedei had warned they would go after the criminals if authorities fail to arrest them. They held the Jaafar clan responsible for the crime.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi last week urged the state to fulfill justice in the murder of the couple, as he called on the Jaafar family to hand over their killers and rejected any “political cover.”

M.T.

Comments 11
Default-user-icon puppet (Guest) 21 December 2014, 16:08

I respect the Jaafar clan, the Moqdad clan, and the Flamethrower clan equally

Thumb _mowaten_ 21 December 2014, 17:05

lol.. to think you woke up on a sunday monrning and came here to post that is really kinda sad. but for some reason it put a smile on my face :)

Default-user-icon cityboy (Guest) 21 December 2014, 17:09

I was thinking exactly the same _mowaten_!!!! I also had a smile on my face;) We think so much alike and I just hope posters don't get the impression we are the same poster.

Default-user-icon Jaafar ibn iblees (Guest) 21 December 2014, 17:09

mowaten, is this another attempt at weekend humor?

Default-user-icon lol.. (Guest) 21 December 2014, 17:29

yeah mowaten lol.. puts a smile on my face as well! How he woke up on a Sunday monrning and came here to post!! He should do what you do, sign up for multiple accounts, come here everyday use them to post the whole day through plus overtime and get the daily $5 pay for your effort.

Thumb _mowaten_ 22 December 2014, 11:21

hehehe the troll brigade is out. keep logging in an out ice-boy, you're going to need a lot of upvotes to safe your ego on this one

Thumb lubnani.masi7i 21 December 2014, 17:08

ashraf el neiss exercising their privileges to erect checkpoints, kidnap, and kill.

Thumb lebanon_first 21 December 2014, 17:38

Jaafar, mekdad, and zeaitir families are the shame of Lebanon. tfeh 3leyon.

Thumb EagleDawn 21 December 2014, 17:44

HA is the shame of Lebanon

Thumb ex-fpm 21 December 2014, 19:21

daily violations of the law by these outlaws who are protected and harbored by hezbollah under the banner of resistance.

Thumb canadianpaul 21 December 2014, 19:34

As per Mystic, these are helpless "engineers" that are being attacked by Takfiris from Btedei.