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Sleiman urges Lebanese to place a rose on martyrs' grave on Valentine's day

14-02-2013 | 07:31

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President Michel Sleiman expressed sympathy via his twitter account with those who lost a loved one, especially the widows of martyrs Major Pierre Bachaalany and Adjutant Ibrahim Zahraman who were killed in an ambush in the Bekaa border town of Arsal earlier this month.Sleiman urged the Lebanese on the occasion of Valentine's day to place a rose on the nearest martyrs' grave.

LAF troops were ambushed in Arsal on Friday February 1st, 2013, while trying to detain fugitive, Khaled Hmeid, suspected of involvement in the 2011 kidnapping of seven Estonian tourists who were abducted in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley and held for nearly four months before being released in July that year.

Khaled Hmeid was injured in the raid and subsequently succumbed to his wounds. Shortly after his capture around 80 gunmen adamant on avenging Hmeid's capture followed the LAF troops who reportedly were stuck on the road leading out of the town due to the accumulation of snow. The gunmen attacked the troops leaving Major Pierre Bachaalany and Adjutant Ibrahim Zahraman for dead. The two were then taken alongside the remaining injured troops to the towns municipality and paraded in a show of celebration.

The death of the two soldiers have stirred the emotions of Lebanese Army supporters leading many to cut off roads and burn tires as a reaction to the crime.

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