Eight Lebanese Army soldiers were wounded at dawn Tuesday during raids in Bab al-Tabbanah, Tripoli.

Eight Lebanese Army soldiers were wounded at dawn Tuesday during raids in Bab al-Tabbanah, Tripoli.

The Army responded to the source of fire and chased gunmen.

Eight soldiers, including an officer, were wounded at dawn Tuesday when their patrol came under heavy gunfire in Bab el Tebaneh-Tripoli, the Army directorate announced.

The Army responded to the source of fire, executed wide raids and pursued perpetrators in a bid to arrest them, the statement added.

The Army said in a communiqué that soldiers were carrying out raids to arrest the assailants.

Calm prevailed over on Tuesday morning in the region where the Army units deployed in the area and conducted patrols in search for wanted individuals.

In a different context, a bomb connected to a detonator and a gasoline gallon was found in a residential area in Rmaileh. Security forces rushed to the scene where the bomb was found and cut off the old sea road so that the military expert could inspect and dismantle it.