BEIRUT: Three Lebanese men were shot dead Tuesday evening by gunfire from the Syrian side of the border with north Lebanon, the National News Agency reported.
The NNA said the incident happened near the area of Muqaybaleh in the Wadi Khaled region of Akkar, and struck the three men in their car.
The three were identified as Maher Abu Zeid from the village of Majdal, and brothers Khaled and Mohammad Abu Sakhr, from the village of Heet.
A Lebanese security source told The Daily Star that Syrian troops used heavy machine guns in the deadly incident.