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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Armed clashes in Beirut: there are eight dead


Clashes in Beirut and other Lebanese areas persist and were reported at least eight people dead, while the army has warned that tension "unprecedented levels", after the death in an attack on Friday by General Wissam al Hassan. Lebanese troops today starred heavy exchanges of gunfire with armed men in an unidentified Sunni district in Beirut, Lebanon's capital, a day after violent riots in Beirut, after the funeral of the secret service chief Wissam al-Hassan, murdered Friday in an attack. The soldiers while under fire as they tried to reopen a roadblock in the neighborhood of Tariq Jdideh, a stronghold of opposition Saad Hariri, whose supporters took several avenues today morning. In an official statement, the Lebanese Armed Forces expressed their firm determination to restore order and civil peace. "We urge the leaders of all political forces to express their views carefully, because the fate of the nation is at stake and must undertake to prevent any disturbance of the situation, "reads the text. The army statement added that "the events that have happened in the last hours have shown beyond doubt that the country is passing through very critical and incidents in parts have reached unprecedented levels." In the city of Tripoli, in the north of the country, there were also clashes between opponents and supporters of the Syrian regime of Bashar al Assad. The riots continued into the night, leaving three dead. After a few hours of calm in the morning, heavily armed masked men came to occupy important streets and spaces in the Sunni region of the Lebanese capital, as Qasqas Avenue, roundabout and cornice Mazraa Cola, near the neighborhood of Tariq al Jdidé , with makeshift barricades of stones and irons. The attack, which, along with Al Hassan, two people died and 126 were injured, exacerbated the tension in Lebanon, divided between supporters and opponents of the Syrian regime of Bashar al Assad. Anger is noticeable, especially in Sunni-majority areas, to which belonged the dead general. Al Hassan led the research uncovered the plot last August in which they were involved former Lebanese minister Michel Samaha, and Syrian security chief, Ali Mamluk, accused of planning attacks against anti-Syrian political and religious leaders in Lebanon.

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