Beirut, Oct 8 (IANS) A Lebanese army soldier was accidentally killed Tuesday while trying to defuse a shell at a shooting and training field in the northern port city of Tripoli.
The army Guidance Directorate said in a statement that "a soldier was martyred when a military unit was dismantling an explosive device in Tripoli's Free Zone", Xinhua reported.
It added: "the military police arrived on the blast scene and launched a probe into the incident."
The army later identified the soldier as Alaeddine al-Oueik.