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Man killed in irrigation water dispute in Mount Lebanon: ISF source

Man killed in irrigation water dispute in Mount Lebanon: ISF source

A police patrol in Beirut. (Credit: Anwar Amro/AFP)

BEIRUT — An octogenarian man shot and killed a 50-year-old man on Friday in Abey, in Lebanon's Aley region, a source in the Internal Security Forces (ISF) confirmed to L'Orient-Le Jour.

The dispute arose from a disagreement over the use of irrigation water, the ISF source added.

The suspect, M.S., shot and killed H.H., before surrendering to the police, the security source said, adding that the killer is a Christian and used a pump-action rifle to shoot H.H., a Druze living in the same town.

The murder caused tension in the region, according to the source, who added that the victim's family set the car of the alleged murderer on fire.

The suspect is in custody, while police have been deployed to the area in which the crime took place to help avoid any further escalation between the two families.

BEIRUT — An octogenarian man shot and killed a 50-year-old man on Friday in Abey, in Lebanon's Aley region, a source in the Internal Security Forces (ISF) confirmed to L'Orient-Le Jour. The dispute arose from a disagreement over the use of irrigation water, the ISF source added.The suspect, M.S., shot and killed H.H., before surrendering to the police, the security source said, adding that the...