Saturday, May 16, 2009

Poll-Related Security Incidents

Several election-related security incidents were reported by the Lebanese media on Thursday.
Unidentified assailants fired gunshots Wednesday night outside the Ocean Blue Resort in Jbeil where March 14 General Secretariat Coordinator Fares Soaid was giving a speech, the National News Agency reported.
It said security forces deployed in the area and opened an investigation into the incident.
Also in Jbeil, assailants torched the car of Jaj resident Antoine Amin Antoun. The fire burned a nearby poster of Soaid.
At dawn Thursday, assailants burned the vehicle of an Islamic Action Front supporter in the Haret Tahta neighborhood in the town of Mazboud.
The Chevrolet's owner, Fadi Koulagasi, had parked the car near his house located next to the IAF office. The fire, according to NNA, engulfed the vehicle and caused material damage to the house.
In the same town, the office of the Free Patriotic Movement in Zaaroura neighborhood was torched. Only material damage was reported.
Source: Naharnet