Fri. Jul 5th, 2024

NNA – The Army Command#39;snbsp;Orientation Directoratenbsp;issued the following statement on Saturday:nbsp;quot;Following the painful incident that took place on 7/1/2023 in the Qornetnbsp;al-Sawda region between citizens of the towns of Bsharre and Baqaasfrin, which resulted in the death of the young Haitham Tawk,nbsp;units of the army intervened to implement security measures, and soon after it was subjected to open fire, itnbsp;responded in kind and arrested a number of people…At that time, it was found that the citizen Malek Romanos gotnbsp;injured andnbsp;later died of his wounds.quot;

quot;As a result, and based on the Public Prosecutor#39;snbsp;signal, the Intelligence Directorate launched an immediate investigation and arrested a number of those involved,quot; the statement added.

Accordingly, after the completion of the investigations, and based on the indication of the Public Prosecutionrsquo;s Court of Cassation, a number of detainees were released pending investigation and 11 detainees were referred to the concerned judiciary,quot; the statement concluded.

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