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Beirut – Clashes in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Tuesday night, Wednesday, between protesters protesting the general shutdown decision and security forces resulted in 45 injuries, the Lebanese Red Cross reported on Wednesday.
The condition of nine injured required them to be transferred to hospitals for treatment, while the rest were treated in the field, according to the Red Cross, which did not specify the number of civilians and military personnel among the injured.
On Wednesday, the Lebanese army announced that “31 soldiers were injured and bruised as a result of being attacked, stoned, Molotov cocktails and fireworks,” stating that “five people were arrested for violating public and private property, fabricating riots, and being exposed “. to the security forces. “
In the evening, the National News Agency reported on 30 injured protesters and security forces.
Groups including dozens of protesters split in the city center, according to an AFP correspondent, some of whom attempted to storm the Saraya.
Another group organized a sit-in in nearby Al-Nour Square, and others marched in front of the houses of various parliamentarians in the city. A group set fire to a car belonging to a member of the security forces.
The protesters, some of them masked, threw Molotov cocktails, firecrackers and stones at the security and army forces, who followed them into inner neighborhoods, then responded by firing tear gas and rubber bullets, and worked to besiege and disperse the protesters.
Small groups of protesters blocked main roads in northern Lebanon, the Bekaa Valley and the southern entrance to Beirut. Protesters also gathered in central Beirut, before the security forces and the army dispersed them.
