Five Lebanese soldiers killed in clashes

Five Lebanese soldiers killed in clashes
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Summary At least eleven people including five soldiers were killed in clashes with miscreants on Friday.

 

 

BAALBEK - At least five Lebanese soldiers were among six people killed in a clash on Friday between unidentified gunmen and the army on the border with Syria, a security official told AFP.

 

Several other soldiers were wounded in the fighting, the official said on condition of anonymity, updating an earlier death toll. A wanted gunman was among those killed.

 

Lebanon s northern and eastern frontiers have seen spates of violence since the March 2011 outbreak of an uprising in Syria against President Bashar al-Assad, including cross-border shelling and gunfights.

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