Faraj al-Janbayn dies following Sawiri's clashes injuries

The state-run national News Agency reported on Sunday that one of the injured in the latest clashes in West Bekaa town of Sawiri, Faraj al-Janbayn succumbed to his injuries.

This as the Lebanese Armed Forces unites intensified the security measures in the town and its surroundings to prevent any reaction to the death.

Two weeks ago, four citizens, two from al-Janbayn family and two from al-Shouman family, were killed and 5 others were wounded when clashes renewed in the town on the backdrop of a personal dispute that erupted between the two families.

State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr tasked the military police, LAF Intelligence Directorate and Criminal Evidence Department with launching investigations into the incidents.

"While a funeral was held for conscript Mohammed Janbayn, clashes renewed between the two parties while gunfire was heard and houses were torched, claiming the lives of Ahmad Janbayn and his brother identified as First Sergeant Khaled Janbayn, as well as Youssef Shouman and his son," the Army Command said in a statement.

It added that a number of soldiers were injured, noting that the army intervened, raided the shooters' houses, arrested eight persons and referred them to the concerned authorities.

Clashes erupted between the two families on the backdrop of a personal dispute that evolved into an armed clash, killing conscript Mohammed Saeed Janbayn and leaving his brother Faraj seriously injured.