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One dead, one wounded in argument outside Tripoli school

One dead, one wounded in argument outside Tripoli school

A man injured in a street in Tripoli on Wednesday. (Credit: Souhayb Jawhar/L'Orient Today)

BEIRUT — A man was shot dead and another was wounded on Wednesday outside a school in the Zahriyeh district of Tripoli.

Here is what we know:

    • A personal argument between the two men degenerated into an exchange of gunfire, the state-run National News Agency and L’Orient Today’s correspondent in the area reported. The exchange of fire led to one of the men being injured in the leg, while the other was fatally wounded. 

    • Our correspondent added that the man who was shot in the leg is receiving treatment in hospital.

    • The army deployed to the scene and has opened an investigation into the incident.


BEIRUT — A man was shot dead and another was wounded on Wednesday outside a school in the Zahriyeh district of Tripoli.Here is what we know:    • A personal argument between the two men degenerated into an exchange of gunfire, the state-run National News Agency and L’Orient Today’s correspondent in the area reported. The exchange of fire led to one of the men being injured...