25 Syrians stabbed by unknown assailants in Beirut

  25 Syrian riding a van in the area of Jisr al-Wati in Sin el-Fil were attacked with knives on Wednesday by several assailants, the state-run National News Agency reported.

NNA said that the passengers, who included Lebanese, Palestinians and Syrians, were heading to a studio to participate in a TV show when they were intercepted by eight assailants riding two vehicles.

The suspects then stabbed nine of them, it said, and escaped towards the area of al-Adlieh and from there to Beirut's southern suburbs.