Nine person stabbed in Jisr El-Wati

Date of Event: 
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Security Event Type: 
Crime

NNA - Nine persons of Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian nationalities were stabbed on Wednesday with knives in Jisr el Waty's Souk el Ahad, the National News Agency correspondent reported. The attacked persons were inside a minibus transporting them from Souk el Ahad region to participate in a TV program, of a Lebanese production for a foreign channel. Perpetrators escaped in 4x4 vehicles towards Beirut Suburbs region. Wounded persons were transferred to nearby hospitals, the NNA correspondent also reported.