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Man kills his wife, shoots himself in Bekaa

Man kills his wife, shoots himself in Bekaa

Military personnel deployed on a road leading to the village of Arsal in the Bekaa. (Credit: File photo Joseph Eid/AFP)

A man on Monday killed his divorced wife and then shot himself in the Lebanese Bekaa village of Gaza, a security source and the head of the municipality of the village told L'Orient Today.

The man, a Syrian national, was living with his new wife at a farm in Gaza, killed his divorced wife at 8 a.m. on Wednesday at his residence on the farm before he shot himself, the head of the municipality of the village, Mohamad al-Majzoub, told L'Orient Today.

Internal Security Forces members soon came to the scene and launched an investigation, interviewing members of the family, Majzoub also said.

Reporting contributed by Sarah Abdallah



A man on Monday killed his divorced wife and then shot himself in the Lebanese Bekaa village of Gaza, a security source and the head of the municipality of the village told L'Orient Today.The man, a Syrian national, was living with his new wife at a farm in Gaza, killed his divorced wife at 8 a.m. on Wednesday at his residence on the farm before he shot himself, the head of the municipality of...