TRIPOLI, Lebanon: Two people, including a Lebanese Alawite, were killed in the northern city of Tripoli Wednesday in a new sectarian-related attack linked to the ongoing war in neighboring Syria.
Hasan Saleh Mazloum and Wadad Nasser were identified as the victims of the attack near the city’s Malouleh roundabout.
Mazloum was driving near the roundabout when unidentified gunmen opened fire on his vehicle which spiraled out of control into a vegetable cart on the side of road. Mazloum was then dragged out of his car on to the street where he was brutally beaten.
Residents managed to get Mazloum to a local hospital after the assailants cleared the area but the man succumbed to his injuries.
Nasser, a passerby, was shot and killed in the shooting.
Two people were also wounded in the incident.
Tripoli, a city torn by intermittent rounds of clashes linked to Syria crisis between the Sunni-predominated Bab al-Tabbaneh neighborhood and Jabal Mohsen where the majoity are Alawites, has seen a string of sectarian-related violence.
Following the shooting, most shops in Bab al-Tabbaneh closed and streets vacated with residents fearing new clashes.
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