LAF members besiege the Arsal area, arrest wanted persons

The Lebanese Army brought on Saturday morning mechanized military reinforcements to Northern Bekaa where LAF members besieged the Arsal area and set a permanent checkpoint at the entrance of Arsal in the Labwe area.                       

LAF members also arrested a number of young men for the possession of weapons without licenses and attempts to escape toward the mountainous area of the town.                                                     

This as security forces reopened the Halba road  after relatives of late First Sergeant Ibrahim Zahraman cut it off and called for handing over those who shot LAF members in Arsal to the judicial authorities.                                                                                           

The body of the late First Sergeant Ibrahim Zahraman arrived to his hometown in Haker Sheikh Taba to be buried today at 3PM in the Sheikh Omar Mosque in Katah.
                                               
It is worth noting that security forces reopened on Friday night the roads of Mreijat, Tal Amara, and Rayak after demonstrators cut them off to denounce the killing of Captain Pierre Bachaalany and his companion First Sergeant Ibrahim Zahraman.                                                       

On Friday, a Lebanese Armed Forces Captain, 1 other soldier, and a wanted person, identified as Khaled Ahmad Hmeid, were killed in Arsal.
                                                                        
In the details, violence erupted when a Lebanese Army unit entered to the Arsal area to arrest Khaled Ahmad Hmeid who is wanted on 2 arrest warrants.
                                                                                   
While pursuing the wanted person who fled to the mountainous area of Hermel, the LAF were ambushed and various shots were fired, killing Khalid Hmeid and other soldiers.