Three Lebanese soldiers were killed in northern Lebanon during an army search in search of a "
terrorist
", the troops announced in a statement released on the night of Sunday to Monday, September 14.
"
During a raid by an intelligence patrol at the home of a wanted terrorist in Jabal al-Baddawi in the Minié sector, it was the target of gunfire and a hand grenade. hand, killing three soldiers and seriously injuring another,
”the army said.
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The troops “
pursue the shooters to stop them,
” the statement added.
According to local media, the army has been pursuing for several weeks a cell known as the "
Khaled Al-Talawi
" group, implicated in a crime that occurred on August 21 in the locality of Kaftoun in northern Lebanon, during which two municipal police and the mayor's son were killed.
The following day, the Internal Security Forces arrested a suspect after carrying out a raid on the Palestinian camp of Beddawi near Tripoli in coordination with the Palestinian factions.