One killed, 5 hurt in firing from Syria into Lebanon

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WADI KHALED, (Lebanon), May 15 (AFP): Gunfire from Syria Sunday raked a crowd at Al-Boqayah border crossing in Lebanon near the town of Wadi Khaled, killing one person and wounding five including a Lebanese soldier, a security official and an AFP correspondent said. The shooting comes as hundreds of Syrians flee violence in their homeland on foot into Lebanon. The person killed was identified as a Syrian woman, the sources said. Since Saturday, residents of the western Syrian town of Tall Kalakh, which is encircled by the army, have fled in their hundreds towards northern Lebanon. According to a witness and a hospital worker, at least four people were shot dead and several others wounded by gunfire from the security forces in Tall Kalakh on Saturday, when thousands had gathered to stage a second day of protests against the autocratic regime of President Bashar al-Assad.