Three Lebanese army soldiers were martyred and four others were wounded on Saturday evening in a terrorist attacks against an army checkpoint in the Bekaa town of Arsal in eastern Lebanon

Three Lebanese army soldiers were martyred and four others were wounded on Saturday evening in a terrorist attacks against an army checkpoint in the Bekaa town of Arsal in eastern Lebanon.

According to Al-Manar correspondent, a suicide bomber driving a booby-trapped car exploded himself at a checkpoint of the Lebanese army in Atta valley which lies in the plains of Arsal.

“The car used in the explosion was a black Kia,” an army statement said.

The state-run National News Agency identified the martyrs as soldier A. A., and conscripts M. H. and H. H.

Military helicopter took off from the Riyaq Air Base in Beqaa and headed to Arsal to help rescue teams in reaching the site of the explosion and in transferring the wounded and the martyrs' bodies, according to the NNA.

State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr tasked the army police to conduct all the initial investigation and called for gathering all necessary proofs and information to reveal and identify the attackers.