Two Dead as Baalbek Personal Dispute Erupts into Gunfire

Two people were shot dead Sunday as a personal dispute escalated into gunfire in a market in the Bekaa city of Baalbek, state-run National News Agency reported.

It identified the dead as Nader Yaghi and Hussein Tlais.

“As Tlais was leaving al-Jana jewelery store which he owns in Baalbek's Serail Street, he was shot at the hands of A. N. Z.,” NNA said.

The man was rushed in critical condition to the Dar al-Amal Hospital where he soon succumbed to his injuries.

The shooting also resulted in the death of Nader Yaghi who was passing in the area, the agency added.

Yaghi's corpse was transferred to Baalbek's state-run hospital, it said.

Y.R.