Salam: Wadi Rafeq incident is a crime implemented by ‘evil minds’

      
Prime Minister-Designate Tammam Salam said on Monday that the incident that took place in Wadi Rafeq on Sunday is a crime implemented by “evil minds” seeking to prevent Lebanon and the Lebanese people from achieving peace, noting that this crime is a blatant attempt aimed at creating strife and division between the residents of northern Bekaa.        

Accordingly, Salam called on all parties to act wisely and exert restraint, noting that this case should be left to the judicial and security authorities.        

Four citizens were shot dead on Sunday in the region of Wadi Rafeq which is located between the bordering outskirts of al-Qaa and Ras Baalbeck.        

The citizens were identified as Ali Karameh Jaafar, Mohammad Ali Ahmad Jaafar, Hassan Shireif Amhaz, and another citizen from Al-Oglu. In the details, sources told LBCI that unknown assailants ambushed and killed the 4 citizens in the Wadi Rafeq region.          

Shortly after, Arsal residents issued a statement whereby they denounced the death of the 4 citizens and considered it as “a means to provoking tautness”.         

Sectarian tension between Sunnis and Shiites in Lebanon is at an all-time high, and the situation has worsened after Hezbollah's intervention in the Syrian crisis alongside regime troops.            

Most Sunnis in Lebanon support the overwhelmingly Sunni rebels fighting to oust Syrian President Bachar Assad.