TRIPOLI, Lebanon: Minister Faisal Karami said Friday he was a target of an assassination attempt Friday while he was on his way to Friday prayers.
“I was a target of an assassination attempt when my convoy was attacked by gunfire and they were aiming at me,” Karami was quoted as saying.
Hours later, his father, former Prime Minister Omar Karami said in a news conference in Tripoli that the incident was a mistake and that no charges would filed against the perpetrators.