The Lebanese Army Command – Directorate of Orientation issued a statement on Wednesday clarifying the Jal al-Dib-Antelias highway incident – in which First Adjutant Charber Jarjoura was shot dead and his companion Farid Boustany was injured by gunmen — saying that Jarjoura chased the gunmen after they robbed his Antelias house.
The statement added that Jarjoura was shot in the heart and died instantly, while Farid Boustany, who was in the car with Jarjoura, was shot in the arm. Both were transported to the Abu Jaoudeh Hospital.
It also said that the assailant fled in a blue taxi and security forces have launched an investigation to apprehend them.
-NOW Lebanon
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