Grenade Hurled at Grocery Store that Sells Liquor in Wadi Khaled

  • W460
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A man was injured Monday when unknown assailants riding a motorcycle hurled a hand grenade at his grocery store that also sells liquor in the northern border region of Wadi Khaled, state-run National News Agency reported.

The attackers threw the grenade when the owner, Issa Habib Hanna, was closing the doors of his store in the Wadi Khaled town of al-Buqaiaa, NNA said.

The man was rushed to the Our Lady of Peace Hospital in Qobayyat for treatment as a fire sparked by the grenade gutted large parts of the store, the agency added.

“Civil Defense crews doused the blaze as security agencies launched a probe to identify the two individuals who staged the grenade attack,” NNA said.

Meanwhile, residents of Wadi Khaled issued a statement condemning what they described as “this criminal act against Issa Habib, the owner of a liquor store in al-Buqaiaa.”

“We reject this cowardly act and insist on peaceful coexistence and good neighborliness with everyone,” the residents said.

They also urged security agencies to “launch an immediate probe, unveil the incident's circumstances and hand the severest penalties to the cowardly perpetrators.”

Y.R.

Comments 3
Default-user-icon bouthayna (Guest) 08 February 2016, 22:33

oh boy, samaha/mamlouk at it again!

Thumb marcus 09 February 2016, 07:41

Part of hezbollah war machine propaganda department. Remember the Free Sunni Brigades... The assailants are their relatives.

Missing helicopter 09 February 2016, 22:42

Bombing places that serve alcohol while riding a motorcycle. Sounds so much like HA style. If not HA then one of their Sunni brigades or ISIS fellow.