A Shiite cleric opposed to Hezbollah said he had received an indirect threat from two masked men in Baalbek when his driver came under fire in the eastern city of Lebanon.
Sheikh Abbas al-Jawhari said the driver was passing through a Baalbek neighborhood on Monday, when gunmen intercepted his vehicle, stepped out of a Mercedes car and fired shots to intimidate him while cursing the Shiite sheikh.
In a news conference reported by the Central News Agency (Marzakiah), Jawhari said that gunmen attacked his car, which forced the driver to get out and fire in the air, noting that the two armed men have threatened him.
Jawhari added: “We have received from them an ISIS-like message that is far from tolerance, and which accuses everyone, who is running against them, as being an ISIS supporter. This is the result of their provocative rhetoric.”
The Shiite cleric urged the Lebanese Judiciary to look into the incident, adding that the perpetrators have defamed the image of Hezbollah.
On the other hand, some media reports said that a few days ago, Jawhari’s driver fired at a young man from Wehbi family, without injuring him, so a group of the family retaliated by attacking him, according to Markaziah.
