BEIRUT: Lebanese Forces MP Farid Habib’s bodyguard was shot and wounded overnight outside his house in Kousba, in the Koura region of north Lebanon, a security source said Wednesday.

The source, speaking to The Daily Star on condition of anonymity, identified the bodyguard as Elias Nicola Habib, a relative of the Lebanese Forces lawmaker.

He said Habib sustained several wounds to different parts of his body and was taken to a hospital in Maameltein, in the Kesrouan district north of Beirut, for treatment.

MP Habib said an investigation into the shooting was under way and cooperation was ongoing between members of the Internal Security Forces and the Lebanese Army to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident.

The security source said Elias Nicola Habib’s name had surfaced during investigations into the killing of a member of Suleiman Franjieh’s Marada movement about two years ago.