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Attack on Hezbollah checkpoint leaves 3 dead

International Desk |
Update: 2013-09-28 10:51:19

DHAKA: Three people were killed in clashes in the Lebanese town of Baalbek on Saturday after gunmen opened fire on a checkpoint manned by militant group Hezbollah, security sources said.

One Hezbollah member was killed and two others were wounded when gunmen opened fire from a car at the checkpoint, the sources said.

Hezbollah gunmen returned fire, killing two men and wounding three, they said, reports The Jerusalem Post.

Baalbek lies in the eastern Bekaa Valley close to the border with Syria, across which Lebanese Shia Hezbollah guerrillas and Sunni Muslim fighters have travelled to join opposing forces in the Syrian civil war.

BDST: 2036 HRS, SEPT 28, 2013
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