Two gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed Thursday a Lebanese army soldier and seriously wounded another in the northern town of Rihaniyeh.
Security sources told The Daily Star that Milad Mohammad Issa was instantly killed in an attack at the entrance to Rihaniyeh in the northern province of Akkar.
The sources said a second soldier, Mohammad Haidar, was taken to a local hospital in critical condition.
Lebanese soldiers immediately began patrolling the area in search of the perpetrators as angry residents took to the streets, blocking the Tripoli-Qobeiyat road in protest.
In a statement, the Lebanese army confirmed the casualties, saying that the soldiers were heading for duty at 5:15am when gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on them.
