A knife wielding man was shot dead by the Lebanese army on Saturday after stabbing a soldier in the northern city of Tripoli. “On July 2, 2022 at dawn in the Rifa area – Tripoli, the citizen (N.M.) tried to storm an army post, carrying a knife and a bag, and when the post guard came to stop him, the citizen stabbed him several times in different parts of his body…immediately, another soldier shot the assailant, killing him,” read an army statement. It added that the wounded soldier was transferred to hospital for treatment and was in stable condition, while the bag being carried by the attac…