Man Shoots Dead His Wife and Uncle in Zahle

A man was arrested Monday after killing his wife and uncle in the Bekaa city of Zahle.

George Abdul Sater “brandished an assault rifle in connection with previous disputes with his wife, which prompted his uncle, Toufic, to intervene in a bid to calm him down,” state-run National News Agency reported.

“But George opened fire on his uncle, killing him on the spot, before shooting at his wife and wounding her in the neck,” NNA said.

The wife was rushed in critical condition to the Tal Shiha hospital where she soon succumbed to her wounds, the agency added.

It noted that both George and his wife are in their fifties.

The man managed to flee the scene before he was arrested later in the day on the Internal Security Forces checkpoint in Dahr al-Baydar, the ISF said.

He was “rushed to hospital after he fell ill,” the ISF added.

Y.R.