 Unknown attackers have killed at least one Lebanese soldier and wounded another at a checkpoint in the east of the country, the army said.
The soldiers came under fire from a machine-gun on a hilltop near the army post in a village in Hermel province on Wednesday, a security official told The Associated Press news agency. "A military position in the eastern Bekaa came under fire on Wednesday morning by unknown gunmen," a statement released by the military said. "The soldiers responded to the fire. "As a result of the clash, one soldier died and another was injured. The attackers escaped and their injuries are unknown," the statement added. Troops have begun a search for the attackers. The post is one of several set up by the Lebanese army on the border with Syria two years ago after the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war. They were established in an attempt to stop the smuggling of arms and contraband goods across the border. The attack came two days after a military court began the trial of more than 30 people accused of taking part in fighting with Lebanese troops in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon last year.
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