BEIRUT: Police arrested two people for attempted car theft in Beirut’s southern suburbs Saturday, while a major car accident blocked the Beirut-Damascus highway for hours.
A brief exchange of gunfire took place after police confronted Abed Farhat and Bilal Hattoum, both 21, who had been attempting to break into a vehicle. Farhat, who injured himself while trying to escape, was transported to Al-Qaa Hospital, while Hattoum was immediately arrested.
In separate news, an accident involving two trucks and two cars blocked the Beirut-Damascus highway for hours. Four people were injured in the accident, three of whom received medical treatment at the scene while the fourth was transferred to a nearby hospital.