The World - News from May 4, 1986

The Lebanese army closed the last two crossings between mostly Christian East Beirut and mostly Muslim West Beirut after a Muslim army officer was reported kidnaped while entering West Beirut. One crossing was later reopened for army use only. Five other passageways have been closed since last year. In West Beirut, one person was killed and four, including a child, were wounded when mortar rounds slammed into a crowded area, hospital sources said. Rival militias also exchanged fire across the Green Line dividing the two parts of the strife-torn city.