Man Opens Fire on Resistance Brigades Official in Central Bekaa

30 June 2016 English

An unknown assailant opened gunfire at the vehicle of the Resistance Brigades official in the central Bekaa valley in eastern Lebanon without hurting him, the state-run National News Agency reported on Thursday.

The shooter opened fire at the black BMW when the official, Rami Mohammed Hamoura, parked his car near his place of residence in Bar Elias.

The vehicle was hit with two bullets, said NNA.

The assailant managed to escape, it added.

Hamoura has filed a complaint at the Chtoura police station.

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