Скачать или смотреть Fatal shooting at a Lebanon mosque

(7 Jul 2023)
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Bar Elias, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon - 7 July 2023
1. Damaged car
Headline: FATAL SHOOTING AT A LEBANON MOSQUE
2. Damaged car
ANNOTATION: A gunman opened fire outside a Mosque in eastern Lebanon on Friday, killing one person and wounding several others.

3. Various of bullet holes on the wall of the mosque
ANNOTATION: The suspect was later wounded by troops and taken to hospital.

ANNOTATION: The man killed was identified as Ali Shibli, a school teacher.

4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmad Khalid, Eyewitness:
"A person who lives here opened fire as people were praying inside a mosque as soon as they finished. He opened fire at the building and shot one man in the head and killed him.
5. Bullet holes on the bonnet of the car
ANNOTATION: The reason behind the shooting was not immediately clear.

STORYLINE:
A shooting at a mosque during prayers left at least one person dead and several others wounded on Friday, the Lebanese army and state news agency said.

The reason behind the shooting in the eastern town of Bar Elias was not immediately clear.

The Lebanese army issued a statement saying that the armed man opened fire at a group of people as they were leaving a mosque killing one of them.

It added that as troops tried to detain the gunman, he opened fire at the force whose members fired back and wounded him.

The army said he is being held in a hospital.

The man killed was identified as Lebanese citizen Ali Shibli, a school teacher.

The wounded are also Lebanese citizens, according to local media.

In the immediate aftermath of the attack, a security official had said the victims were Syrians.

Bar Elias is home to many Syrian refugees who fled their country’s 12-year conflict.

AP Video shot by Hassan Jarrah

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