Gunmen shot and killed a Belgian national Monday as he walked along a Moslem west Beirut street near a Syrian army checkpoint, police said.
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The victim, identified as George Arthur Jan Van Newwerborg, 65, was walking in the city's Manara neighborhood when he was attacked by three assailants and shot with a gun equipped with a silencer, a police spokesman said."The man was killed at 11 a.m., but still we have no details on his murderers or his status," the spokesman said. Neighbors said Van, a teacher at the Moslem-run Ras Beirut cultural center, was divorced and lived with his son in the area.