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Singer Wadih El Cheikh and armed bodyguards arrested in Saida hospital

Singer Wadih El Cheikh and armed bodyguards arrested in Saida hospital

Patients in their room at the Rafik Hariri Government Hospital in Beirut, July 23, 2021. (AFP file)

BEIRUT —The Lebanese Army on Monday night arrested Syrian singer Wadih El Cheikh and his armed bodyguards as they tried to force their way into the emergency room of Raee Hospital in Saida, our correspondent in the region reported, citing an anonymous security source.

A fight broke out between the hospital's security guards and the singer's bodyguards, according to the source. The army intervened and arrested the singer and his bodyguards, and seized their weapons.

It is not clear why Wadih El Cheikh and his bodyguards were attempting to storm the ER.

El Cheikh has reportedly been involved in fights in the past, which have at times into shootings.

Additional reporting by Mountasser Abdallah


BEIRUT —The Lebanese Army on Monday night arrested Syrian singer Wadih El Cheikh and his armed bodyguards as they tried to force their way into the emergency room of Raee Hospital in Saida, our correspondent in the region reported, citing an anonymous security source.A fight broke out between the hospital's security guards and the singer's bodyguards, according to the source. The army...