Army kills Sunni cleric in Lebanon [View all]

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TRIPOLI, Lebanon — Army troops shot dead a Sunni cleric on Sunday when his convoy failed to stop at a checkpoint in north Lebanon, the scene of deadly clashes linked to the uprising in Syria, a security official said.

He told AFP that another religious figure in the car of cleric Ahmad Abdel Wahed, known for his support of the anti-regime uprising in neighbouring Syria, was also killed.

Abdel Wahed's convoy failed to stop at a checkpoint in Koueikhat town, in the Akkar region.

The incident took place following a week of intermittent clashes in the northern port city of Tripoli between Sunnis hostile to the Syrian regime and Alawites who support President Bashar al-Assad.

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