A dispute erupted at the Masnaa border crossing with Syria between a first observer in the customs department and a customs broker after the latter refused to pay the due customs fees, escalating into a verbal altercation, an attempted assault and then a fistfight. The Customs Administration announced the suspension of the broker from work and the referral of the case to the Military Public Prosecution, which began an investigation, stressing its rejection of any form of assault and that objections must go through legal channels.
Coverage differed in level of detail and angle: annahar.com presented the Customs Administration's account in full along with the judicial steps, while lebanon debate focused on the security aspect and the "state of fear" and then on Customs' rejection of assault, and Lebanon ON limited itself to a brief report of a dispute between a first observer and a transactions agent.