One person died and five were injured on Tuesday in the Chouf mountain village of Jahliyeh during a shooting that followed a scuffle between supporters of pro-Syrian politician Wiam Wahab and followers of Druze leader Walid Jumblat, who is an outspoken critic of Syria's role in Lebanon.
According to Naharnet, the clash erupted when members of Wahab's Tawhid Movement and the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) were plastering political posters in the village. The National News Agency reported a gunman from the Abu Diab family opened fire killing a man it identified as Muayed al Ayass and wounding five others. Future TV said the shooter was one of Wahab's supporters.
Acting Interior Minister Ahmed Fatfat confirmed that all the casualties were among Jumblat's followers.
Meanwhile, the Lebanese army on Tuesday killed a Syrian smuggler in the western Bekaa near the border with Syria, the National News Agency reported.
It said troops shot dead Wahid Fadel al-Fakaan on the outskirts of the village of Ayha in Rashaya province during a morning clash between the soldiers and a group of smugglers.
