Man Accused of Killing Relative in Baalbek Family Clash Arrested

A young man accused of killing his relative during a family dispute was arrested Sunday in the Bekaa city of Baalbek.

“The Internal Security Forces' detective department in Baalbek arrested H. M. A. Awada, who is accused of killing Mohammed Awada during a family clash that also left two people injured on the eve of Eid al-Fitr,” state-run National News Agency reported.

Meanwhile, al-Jadeed TV identified the detained man as Hussein Ahmed Awada and quoted his father as saying that his son has nothing to do with Mohammed Awada's death.

“He is not Hussein Mohammed Awada who is nicknamed al-Mukhtar,” the father noted.

The National News Agency had reported that the 24-year-old Awada was killed near Dar al-Amal University Hospital in Douris on Wednesday night.

Awada was visiting his hospitalized brother Hussein, who was injured in the shoulder two days earlier in a dispute with Hussein Mohammed Ahmed Awada, the agency stated.

Y.R.