Gunmen Attack Mustaqbal MP Kabbara’s Office in Tripoli
The Internal Security Forces detained on Monday a gunman, who along with another accomplice opened fire at the office of al-Mustaqbal movement MP Mohammed Kabbara in the northern city of Tripoli, Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3) reported.
Kabbara confirmed to VDL the attack, saying the security forces opened an investigation into the incident that occurred at dawn Sunday.
“Nothing scares us,” Kabbara said.
VDL reported that the security cameras at the scene spotted two assailants whom it identified as Mustafa Tarsha and Khodr Fayyad.
Security officers were able to detain Tarsha, while the whereabouts of Fayyad, also known as al-Limby, are unknown, according to VDL.
“I don’t accuse anyone, and the investigation will reveal who are behind these assailants,” Kabbara said.
The army released a statement later on Monday saying that the assailants used a hunting rifle in their attack.
The statement added that it was an “individual incident.”
The army urged the media not to “exaggerate in (reporting) the individual incidents that tend to happen from time to time to prevent its exploitation.”
On Sunday, the MP joined a rally organized by al-Mustaqbal in Tripoli. He was among the speakers of the gathering.
Kabbara said that the rally was a continuation of the Cedar Revolution in 2005, which forced the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon following the assassination of ex-Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in February that year.
The MP denounced the role of the resistance in Lebanon and the Syrian regime.
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