One person killed in a political party row in Lebanon

Electoral rivalry in Lebanon has taken a new shape after one persons was killed in a row between the supporters of two parties in mount Lebanon to the east of Beirut just less than one week from the beginning of the first phase of the elections.

In a statement issued on Monday, the Lebanese army said that a person called Suleiman al-Rai was killed mistakenly when a military force interfered to settle a row that took place in Dhour al-Shweir area between two party sides.

The row took place on Sunday evening when supporters for the Kataib (phanalagists party) had come from an election gathering in their headquarters in Bekfaya as they were in a bus in Dhour al-Shweir, the headquarters of Antoine Saadeh, the founder of the Social Nationalist Syrian party. Al-Rai, member of the nationalist party, was hit when the army opened its fire to disperse the two groups.