Three men were killed in a shooting in a village in northern Lebanon overnight, security sources and the National News Agency said on Saturday.
The gunfire came from a car which the men had stopped as it passed through the village of Kaftoun, the sources said.
The vehicle was later found abandoned, containing a gun with a silencer, a small explosive device and electrical wire, the sources said.
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Two of the men died immediately. The third died later of his wounds. The motive for the shooting was not immediately clear.
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