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A Lebanese man was stabbed to death and his mother severely injured by two Syrian refugees who tried to rob them in Abadieh, in the mountains east of Beirut, triggering anti-Syrian sentiments in the town, its mayor told The Daily Star Friday.
“The culprits were two Syrian refugees who knew the victim and were visiting him last night, when they committed the ugly crime,” Adel Najd said.
The mayor said the 26-year-old victim, identified as Sleiman Abu Hamra, died shortly after being stabbed several times, while his mother, Hala Hassan, was in a critical condition in hospital.

Najd said the killers were arrested as they attempted to escape.

“Screams and the noise of altercation alerted neighbors and passersby who were able, with the municipality police, to arrest the killers before they tried to jump in their car,” Najd said, stressing that robbery was the crime’s motive.

The Internal Security Forces said they arrested the suspects who stabbed the 51-year-old woman and killed her son, who was stabbed in his neck and back.
The two were identified by their initials and they were aged 20 and 21.
The first suspect was hiding on the roof of the building where the crime took place, while the other was at the entrance with his clothes drenched in blood, the ISF said.

The two confessed to killing the man and attempting to kill his mother with the motive of robbery.
The incident caused uproar in the village, including calls to evict all Syrian refugees and workers, estimated to be more than 700, Najd said.

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2014/Sep-05/269651-killing...

Between April and June 1976, Druze militias, with the support of the LAA and NM allies, were killing Christian civilians and destroying and looting their villages. These incidents prompted the Christian population to flee toward the Western Beqaa, Zahleh, and the Metn (Bikfaya), areas under the control of Christian militias. This offensive killed numerous civilians.
Bmaryam (two killed); Chbaniye (five killed); Shwit (eight killed and their bodies mutilated); Zandouka (four killed); Hammana (two killed); Qortada (four killed, two others kidnapped then executed); Jwar al-Hawz and al-Abadieh (eight killed); Debbieh (three killed); Tarchich and Aintoura in the Upper Metn (at least 10 killed); Ain al-Halazoun in Aley, (three kidnapped and executed); in Ain al-Hawr (two killed); Maasser al-Shuf (three killed); Botmeh (two killed); Khaldeh (four kidnapped, two were later found dead close to Damour, their bodies mutilated); Rishmayya, in Aley (three killed); Ain Dara (five killed); and Klayliyeh (one kidnapped and killed) .

On Paril 12, 1976, Caritas issued the following estimates: 95 villages were looted and their inhabitants displaced, 250,000 people were homeless, and 750,000 were in urgent need of food.