BAALBEK, Lebanon: A Baalbek mukhtar escaped from a hospital in the eastern city Thursday after finding out that he was wanted by the authorities, security sources said.
Mohammad Awada, who was shot in Baalbek last month, escaped from Dar al-Amal Hospital where he had been receiving treatment after he found out that an arrest warrant had been issued against him.
Media reports said Thursday that Awada was kidnapped from the hospital by gunmen, but the source explained that the mukhtar used outside help to break out and evade authorities.
Awada was wounded in mid-March when gunmen shot his legs in the Ras al-Ain neighborhood of Baalbek.
The shooting was a result of a personal dispute with members of the Ismail family, the sources said.
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