6 Suffer Stab Wounds in Clash between Young Men in Biakout

Six young men were wounded when they were attacked with knives and sharp objects during a clash with another group of young men in the Metn town of Biakout on Sunday, state-run National News Agency reported.

“Young men from the Sailami and Medlej families assaulted young men from al-Teres family, leaving six of them wounded,” NNA said.

The wounded were rushed to Haroun Hospital and army intelligence agents are pursuing the attackers who fled the area after opening fire in the air, the agency added.

Earlier on Sunday, MTV said the clash took place between young men from Biakout and members of a political party who came from outside the town.

“The atmosphere in the town is currently tense after residents said a new group of young men was called in from the neighboring area of Rouwaisat,” MTV added.

Meanwhile, Voice of Lebanon radio station (100.5) said two people were critically wounded in a clash outside the old building of Bsalim's municipality and young men from Rouwaisat were “preparing to intervene.”