BEIRUT: The Lebanese Army clashed with gunmen during an early morning raid Thursday on an apartment in north Lebanon, killing one and wounding another who is suspected of executing a soldier held captive by Islamist militants.
A security source identified the wounded man as Ahmad Salim Mikati, accused by authorities of beheading Lebanese soldier Ali Sayyed while being held by the extremist group ISIS.
The identity of the dead gunman was not immediately revealed.
The source said the apartment in the Dinnieh town of Asoun, north Lebanon, was inhabited by Lebanese and Syrian gunmen wanted by authorities.
Sayyed was the first of three Lebanese soldiers to be executed by Islamist militants holding at least 27 servicemen hostage since the jihadists briefly took over the northeastern border town of Arsal in August, engaging the military in five days of fierce battles.
As the militants withdrew they took at least three dozen Lebanese soldiers and policemen hostage in an attempt to swap them with Islamist inmates held at Roumieh Prison.
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