Two Vehicles Torched in Southern Towns

Unknown assailants torched a vehicle that was rented by Lebanese national Hassan Meselmani in the southern town of al-Shaatieh, the state-run National News Agency reported on Thursday.

NNA said that Hassan had worked as a broker with Mohammed al-Meslmani, aka al-Brazili, who is in detention on charges of fraud and for collecting and freely dispensing of millions of dollars from his townspeople.

In another similar incident in the southern town of Jwaya, an assailant set ablaze a vehicle that belongs to Kh. Jasshi.

Police opened investigations in the case.

Over the past week, the town has witnessed several individual disputes between youth and some are still held by the police.

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G.K.