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A Syrian refugee was killed by stray bullets, which were fired at midnight to celebrate the start of the new year, and a bullet penetrated a Lebanese Middle East Airlines plane.
The National Information Agency reported that several injuries were caused by stray bullets during the New Year celebrations, which led to the murder of a woman in her four decades of age, and the injury of another child, in a phenomenon that authorities have failed to stop despite awareness campaigns for years.
A bullet also penetrated a plane parked at Rafic Hariri International Airport, without affecting air traffic at the airport, according to an AFP source.
Go out #LocoBullet
A woman was killed in Taybeh, near Baalbek.
– 3 civilians were injured in Baalbek
A child was injured in Choueifat
One person was injured in Tripoli
7 people were arrested in Tripoli– Dr. Iman Chweikh (@EmanShuwaikh) January 1, 2021
The National Agency reported that the Syrian refugee died “after being hit by a stray bullet that penetrated her head inside the Al-Taybeh camp” for Syrian refugees, in the city of Baalbek, who witnessed strong shots in the air. .
The phenomenon of shooting into the air generates great concern in the country, with the continuous deaths of victims, the last of which was the prominent soccer player, Muhammad Atwi, who was injured in August and died the following month.
A campaign launched by the Internal Security Forces a few days ago under the hashtag “reckless_bis_better” to warn of the dangers of this phenomenon, failed to reduce injuries and victims.
A plane was hit at the Beirut airport by indiscriminate bullets https://t.co/MLbKwzlf5B
– National News Agency (@NNALeb) January 1, 2021
Social media users in Beirut and in various areas posted photos and videos documenting the shooting of live bullets at midnight.
One of them wrote on Facebook “the bullets of the reckless”, and another asked about the origin of the price of lead at a time when the country is going through its worst economic crisis.
Al-Tabsh: It is neither manliness nor a shooting tournament over people’s heads https://t.co/W7DPixuFAl
– National News Agency (@NNALeb) January 1, 2021
On Thursday, security forces warned that “stray bullets have fallen into the airport, threatening the safety of aviation and the lives of travelers and arrivals,” but that did not prevent a bullet from penetrating an aircraft.
– “A child was shot in the suburb due to an intense shooting during the New Year celebrations.”
– “Stray bullets fell on the roofs of residential buildings in Beirut, Dahieh and Tripoli due to the hysteria of the shooting.”#Contact #Lebanon# New_Year_2021 https://t.co/htBSGSXEN3– Mister Reality.1 (@ MrReality110) December 31, 2020
A Middle East Airlines source said the damaged Airbus plane, “E321neo,” is one of seven new planes that Lebanon received in 2020 … and explained that the plane is currently being detected.
The rise in bullet fire in the air reflects the extent of the proliferation of uncontrolled individual weapons in Lebanon since the end of the civil war (1975-1990) and raises the need for strict enforcement and updating of the laws.
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