One person was killed and several others were wounded Friday when a man opened fire at worshipers as they made their way out of the Akasha mosque in the eastern Lebanese town of Bar Elias.
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said the armed man opened fire at a group of people as they were leaving the mosque, killing one of them.
It added that as troops tried to detain the gunman, he opened fire at the force whose members fired back and wounded him. The gunman was being held in a hospital.
A Lebanese security source said the shooter was hit by three bullets.
Initial reports indicate…
