Video shows moment a young man falling to death while paragliding
ALBAWABA - The death of young Lebanese man Hussein M.R. while paragliding in the Jounieh area of Mount Lebanon is still being investigated, local media reported.
Lebanese authorities are still tracking down the paraglider captain who led the scene after the incident, in an attempt to arrest him.
The Lebanese judiciary has issued a ban on paragliding in Jounieh, sealing off the runway with red wax.
The young man, born in 2008, is originally from the Al-Minya area and has an Australian citizen. He died last Saturday afternoon after falling from a parachute.
A video was posted on social media reportedly showing the moment when Hussein M.R. fell from the parachute to his death in the Jounieh area.
The victim's uncle confirmed to Alarabiya that his relative "was not properly strapped in while paragliding, and that the flight attendants did not take his excess weight into account, which demonstrates lax enforcement of public safety regulations."
© 2000 - 2025 Al Bawaba (www.albawaba.com)
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Al Bawaba
2 days ago
- Al Bawaba
Iran jails senior official over comment on Sinwar
ALBAWABA - A story from Israel's Channel 12 says that an Iranian judge has given Abdolreza Davari, a former top Interior Ministry official, six months in jail for posts on social media that were critical of the late Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. Also Read Israeli airstrikes pound southern Lebanon Davari is famous for making controversial comments online about Iran's political elite. He used to work as an adviser to the interior minister and as deputy head of the official state news agency. The case started with a post Davari made on X (now Twitter) in September 2024. It made fun of Sinwar's reasons for attacking Israel and suggested that the two might have been working together. He wrote that Sinwar had learned Hebrew while being locked up in Israel and was acting as a go-between for Palestinian inmates and Israeli officials. Davari also said that the attack raised "serious question marks," saying that it looked like it was started without consulting with the leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, Hezbollah in Lebanon, or Iran. The post was taken down later. In addition to giving Davari a six-month jail term, the court also fined him money, took away his phone, and told him he couldn't use any social media sites. Davari is also being investigated in a different case because of things he said about a past head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization. This makes his legal problems even worse. The decision shows that the Iranian government is becoming more strict about public criticism and opposition, especially when it comes to important people in the region like Sinwar, whose death earlier this year is still being felt all over the Middle East.
Al Bawaba
4 days ago
- Al Bawaba
Video: Amusement park game splits in half in Saudi Arabia
ALBAWABA - A terrifying video has flooded social media, capturing a game breaking in half while operating at Green Mountain Amusement Park in Taif, Saudi Arabia. According to Saudi outlet Okaz, the ride called "360 Degrees" left 23 people injured, some seriously, after its arm suddenly broke, clashed with the game's pole at high speed, and then fell to the ground. Additionally, people on the opposite side also collided with the pole. A social media user on X (formerly known as Twitter) claimed a woman on board the ride got her leg amputated due to the accident. The user wrote, "One of them, may God heal her, and compensate her, her leg was amputated because the ride fell on her, and she fainted." Another wrote, "Who is responsible for the Green Mountain games in Taif? And which entity granted the permit without verifying safety and maintenance conditions?" Other Saudi Arabian netizens called for compensation for the people affected by the accident. Additionally, they urged the government in Saudi Arabia to take the necessary legal actions against individuals responsible for the accident. Local authorities launched an investigation to uncover the cause of the incident.
Jordan Times
6 days ago
- Jordan Times
Amnesty urges Syria to probe abductions of Alawite women, girls
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Amnesty International said Monday it had received credible reports of the abduction and kidnapping of 36 Alawite women and girls in recent months, urging authorities to investigate and hold perpetrators accountable. The report came months after Islamists overthrew longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, an Alawite who painted himself as a protector of minorities, and followed massacres in March in Syria's coastal Alawite heartland that a monitor said killed some 1,700 people, mostly Alawite civilians. A committee investigating the March massacres said last week it had not received reports of the abduction of women or girls. Amnesty said it documented eight of the 36 abduction and kidnapping cases involving Alawite women and girls reported since February in Latakia, Tartus, Homs and Hama provinces. All eight families reported the abductions, but in almost all cases, "police and security officials failed to effectively investigate", and in two instances, the personnel blamed the families. Only two of the eight victims had returned to their families, it added. "The Alawite community, already devastated by previous massacres, has been deeply shaken by this wave of abductions. Women and girls are afraid to leave the house or walk alone," Amnesty International's secretary general Agnes Callamard said in the statement. Syrian authorities "must urgently step up efforts to prevent gender-based violence and promptly, thoroughly and impartially investigate cases of abducted and kidnapped Alawite women and girls, and hold perpetrators accountable," the rights group said. The United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria said last month that it had "documented abductions by unknown individuals of at least six" Alawite women and "received credible reports of more abductions".
