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Meqdad Family Hands Over Third Suspect in Shuqair Murder

Al-Meqdad clan handed over on Tuesday a third member of the family involved in the murder of a man over the weekend in the Bekaa town of Nahle.

According to Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3) Hussein Kleem al-Meqdad was handed over to the army intelligence on charges of involvement in the murder of Mohammed Shuqair.

The Internal Security Forces said in a communique issued on Monday that members of al-Meqdad family shot Shuqair in the head after intercepting his vehicle on Sunday afternoon.

The statement said that H. and K. al-Meqdad's Mercedes vehicle intercepted Shuqair's Renault Clio car during a car chase then opened fire at him, wounding him in the head.

It said that the third suspect was still at large.

Al-Meqdad clan had deplored the incident in a statement.

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