Beirut agencies: intermittent sniping operations continued in Tripoli, the largest city in northern Lebanon, killing new people and wounding two others, according to a Lebanese security source hijacked a Kuwaiti citizen and his wife in the Bekaa region.
The security source pointed to "the death of one person in the area of Jabal Mohsen yesterday from wounds sustained in late Friday evening," he said, adding that the sniping also led to "two people wounded in Jabal Mohsen, one 16-year-old boy."
He explained that "uneasy calm hangs over Tripoli with continuing sporadic sniping operations," adding that the Lebanese army "walking patrols and respond to sources of fire."
It said the Kuwaiti News Agency (KUNA) quoted the Kuwaiti ambassador in Lebanon The Kuwaiti nationals were kidnapped in the Bekaa region. The agency quoted Ambassador Abdul Aal Qenae saying that the Kuwaiti embassy in "contacts at the highest levels of security and political in Lebanon to find out the details of the hijacking Kuwaiti citizen Issam Nasser Al-Houti in Lebanon and to work on his release as soon as possible." The ambassador said Houti and his wife were kidnapped in the Bekaa, but he did not say anything about the group, which may have been behind the abduction. The Lebanese army said it increased security measures after a spate of kidnappings targeting foreigners last week, including Syrians and Turks. The agency quoted Lebanese Interior Minister Marwan Charbel as saying that "the Lebanese Ministry of Interior has mobilized all security sectors in order to speed up the release of the citizen the Kuwaiti soldier."
In the meantime, Lebanese security forces foiled in Roumieh central prison smuggling operation in what has been described as "the most dangerous" prisoners of "Fatah al-Islam" militant, Yemeni Salim Saleh, who has been
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