Conflict Incident Report

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.

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