Clash in Bab al Tabbaneh and two individuals arrested

Friday, 23 April 2021

The Army Command – Directorate of Orientation issued the following statement:

On 23/04/2021, an army unit arrested (F.A.) and (H.H.) during a raid in al Tabbaneh, due to a personal clash that had erupted between a number of citizens and escalated to an exchange of gunfire leading to the injury of four individuals who were taken to hospitals for treatment.

The arrested individuals were seized in possession of a Kalashnikov rifle and an amount of ammunition belonging to it.

The seized items were handed over and an investigation was initiated with the arrested individuals under the supervision of the competent judiciary authorities. The remaining perpetrators are being tracked in order to be arrested.