Lebanese expatriate, Abdul-Samad al-Assaad, who hails from the region of Akkar, was attacked Friday by gunmen in Venezuela along with his wife, Hala, who was killed instantly while he suffered critical injury resulting from several bullet shots, NNA correspondent in Akkar reported Saturday. 


"This family has worked hard throughout its years of being away from home trying to secure a decent living," said Mayor of Akkar, Khaled al-Bahri 


Deploring this heinous crime, he called on the Venezuelan police and judiciary to "speed-up investigations to uncover and punish the criminal perpetrators." 


Al-Bahri also appealed to the Lebanese Foreign Ministry to "accord this issue utmost attention and follow-up through diplomatic channels to secure the transfer of the victim's body to Lebanon and provide all necessary medical treatment for the husband

Source: NNA