Syrian army cross-border fire kills Lebanese woman

Reuters , Wednesday 9 May 2012

Syrian troops fired across the Lebanese border on Wednesday morning, killing a 75-year-old woman and wounding her daughter, residents and a doctor in the Lebanese town of al-Qaa said.

Halima Suleiman Karbi was shot in the head and her daughter, 33, was shot in the stomach as they sat by a mosque in the rural mountainous border region, residents said. Both were taken to hospital, where Karbi died from her wounds, a doctor said.

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