Child Killed by Gunshot in Baalbek
A toddler girl was killed Sunday by a gunshot from a hunting rifle in the Bekaa region of Baalbek, state-run National News Agency reported.
“The body of the child Nagham Abbas al-Outa, 8, was transferred to the state-run hospital in Baalbek with a gunshot wound to the neck from a hunting rifle,” NNA said.
Security forces immediately arrived on the scene and launched a probe.
“According to preliminary investigations, Nagham was likely shot accidentally as a relative was cleaning the weapon,” the agency added.
Y.R.
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