The mayor of Al-Bireh and the head of the Association of Social Families in Akkar, Muhammad Wahbi, denounced the “brutal attack that killed the young man, Muhammad Seyouf, and wounded Muhammad Zain, at the hands of criminals, all of whom are of Syrian affiliation, residing in the town of Al-Bireh.”
He said: “Whatever the victim’s action is swords, but it does not call for this crime and despicable killing without any deterrent, even from the laws of the host country, the security forces, the prestige of the municipal police or the Birawi community,” considering that the behavior of the killers “was the behavior of professional criminal gangs.” He called on the security forces to “arrest the perpetrators as soon as possible, bring them to justice, and impose the most severe penalties once morest them.”
He added: “Therefore, in view of this reality, which we have previously warned of repeatedly through positions in which we called on the concerned authorities, especially the United Nations, that the reality of the host communities for the displaced brothers is unenviable, and we listed at the time the negative aspects of hosting them, including unemployment that afflicts the Lebanese youth and the worsening economic conditions. Living, social, and municipalities’ inability to carry out their duties as a result of the population density that was left on their shoulders, from the waste and sewage crisis, groundwater pollution and encroachments on the electricity network, to the security breach that we are witnessing in one of its chapters in our town.
He stressed that “it is the duty of the Lebanese government to do everything in its power to return the displaced Syrians to their homes immediately without delay and by all means and means, while we welcome the Syrian labor force that has built with us and continues to provide great services to foreign and Lebanese investors throughout the country. But the families The Syrians can return to their homes, and international organizations can help them and secure their safety and livelihood on their land.”
Wehbe concluded, stressing that “our position is not racist or from any political background. We are from the history of the Syrian crisis and for eleven years we have been sharing the loaf with them, but it is time for them to return to their homeland, which is in dire need of their arms and solidarity.”