The Intelligence Directorate in West Beqaa announced in a statement on May 22, that it has arrested a Syrian national suspected of beating and molesting his four-year old daughter. The child has been transferred to Dr. Hamid Farhat Hospital in Kamed Lawz with bruises and burns all over her body, the statement said, adding, investigations were underway. Upon interrogation, the father alleged his daughter fell from a high place, but an informed medical source reported that the marks on the victim’s body have occurred 72 hours prior. (Al Mustaqbal, May 23, 2019)