Second Policeman Killed in the Line of Duty in Three Days

A policeman was killed Wednesday while chasing a theft suspect in the Ouzai area just outside Beirut, which makes him the second Internal Security Forces member to be killed in the line of duty in three days.

Media reports identified the slain cop as Afif Jaafar.

State-run National News Agency said the policeman was killed when an ISF patrol was chasing A. al-Moqdad, “who had robbed a cellphone shop at Bourj al-Barajneh's intersection before fleeing upon seeing the patrol.”

“Moqdad used internal roads that are not accessible for military vehicles and he later robbed a Syrian man at gunpoint,” the agency added.

“When the patrol learned of the second robbery, it went after him with the support of an army force, before managing to encircle him,” NNA said.

“Moqdad then opened fire at a member of the patrol and killed him, which prompted the patrol to open fire at him and wound him in the leg before eventually managing to arrest him,” the agency added.

Another policeman had been killed during a chase in the Roueissat al-Jdeideh area on Monday.