Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 14 Oct 2021, 09:37 am Print
Beirut Violence Images: Screengrab from Twitter videos
Beirut, Lebanon (JEN): At least six people have been killed and 30 others wounded by gunfire in Lebanese capital Beirut after a rally organised by the Hezbollah and Amal Movements to demand the dismissal of the lead investigator into last year’s port explosion turned violent on Thursday, according to the Lebanese Red Cross.
The Lebanese capital today witnessed its worst violence in over a decade as gunfire broke out during the controversial protest held by Iran-backed Hezbollah and its main Shia ally, Amal, in central Beirut.
اطلاق نار باتجاه المتظاهرين ÙÙŠ #الطيونة والجيش يتخذ تدابير أمنية ÙÙŠ المنطقة pic.twitter.com/Rl6h8GeMma
— nbnlebanon (@nbntweets) October 14, 2021
#Lebanon Beirut #warzone 14/10/2021 pic.twitter.com/dDrG07sIFB
— Nicole Elisei (@EliseiNicole) October 14, 2021
أراد قتل الناس بإطلاق قذيÙØ© صاروخية ØŒ Ùسقط صريعا"ØŒ عنصر من الميليشيات الشيعية ÙÙŠ بيروت وعلى مرأى من القوى الأمنية والسلطة السياسية عاجزة عن القول للمجرم والعاهر : انت مجرم وعاهر، إنه زعيم الميليشيا الارهابية Øسن نصراللاه الذي زرع الÙتنة ÙÙŠ لبنان وسوريا والعراق واليمن #لبنان pic.twitter.com/q4lJZ83rCJ
— د.المØامي طارق شندبTarek Chindeb (@tarekchindeb) October 14, 2021
Local media said hundreds of agitators gathered at the Beirut Palace of Justice, calling for the removal of Judge Tarek Bitar from the explosion probe, accusing him of political bias.
اطلاق نار باتجاه المتظاهرين ÙÙŠ #الطيونة والجيش يتخذ تدابير أمنية ÙÙŠ المنطقة pic.twitter.com/9IpppF6rrS
— nbnlebanon (@nbntweets) October 14, 2021
Exchange of gunfire in Amal neighbourhood following protest in front of Qadr al adaleh in Beirut pic.twitter.com/SL2NFmhSL5
— Will Christou (@will_christou) October 14, 2021
هكذا تستجر الميليشيات الشيعية ÙÙŠ #لبنان الÙتنة ÙÙŠ Ù…Øاولة منهم لتغيير المØقق العدلي ÙÙŠ قضية تÙجير مرÙØ£ بيروت ولإخÙاء الØقيقة .
— د.المØامي طارق شندبTarek Chindeb (@tarekchindeb) October 14, 2021
انها ميليشيات Ø§Ù„Ø³Ù„Ø§Ø ÙˆØ§Ù„Ø§Ø±Ù‡Ø§Ø¨ الذي قتل السوريين واللبنانيين .#بيروت#لبنان pic.twitter.com/QnNdHMNutm
Videos show masked gunmen, whose identities and affiliations were not immediately clear, shooting their automatic weapons and launching rockets from RPGs (Rocket-Propelled Grenade), taking cover behind street barriers.
Lebanese army says they are trying to control the armed clashes in #Beirut.
— Nasser Atta (@nasseratta5) October 14, 2021
Also Lebanese security sources say they know some of those involved at the shooting at the protesters in Beirut pic.twitter.com/7wHjrnKARx
— Will Christou (@will_christou) October 14, 2021
Army units have been deployed to Beirut and armored vehicles have rolled into the areas of the port city where deadly skirmishes erupted earlier, following an attack on a protest, according to local media reports.
Lebanese soldiers are firing at a building in Beirut where militants are believed to have hidden after the attack against protesters, a Sputnik correspondent reports pic.twitter.com/up5A03ch2D
— Sputnik Insight (@Sputnik_Insight) October 14, 2021
شاهد.. إصابة Ø£Øد الأشخاص بالرصاص خلال اشتباكات قرب قوة للجيش اللبناني بمنطقة عين الرمانة#لبنان#العربية pic.twitter.com/hYMicBc1iO
— العربية (@AlArabiya) October 14, 2021
المستشÙيات اللبنانية تستقبل عشرات الجرØÙ‰ نتيجة إطلاق نار عشوائي ÙÙŠ العاصمة اللبنانية #بيروت #لبنان #العربية pic.twitter.com/pamh1wEhul
— العربية (@AlArabiya) October 14, 2021
Lebanon's army, in a statement, has called for people to vacate streets near clashes in the Tayouneh neighborhood and also warned to shoot any armed person in the areas of Beirut where deadly clashes turned Beirut into a 'warzone'.
سماع دوي أعيرة نارية، خلال انتشار الجيش اللبناني ÙÙŠ شوارع #بيروت، بعد اندلاع اشتباكات خلال تØرك لأنصار #Øزب_الله Ùˆ #Øركة_أمل، إثر اØتجاجات ضد قاضي التØقيق ÙÙŠ #انÙجار_بيروت، ما أدى إلى وقوع قتلى وجرØÙ‰#العربية pic.twitter.com/jmgr6yWo0S
— العربية (@AlArabiya) October 14, 2021
الميليشيات الشيعية Ø¨Ø§Ù„Ø³Ù„Ø§Ø Ø§Ù„Ø¹Ù„Ù†ÙŠ أمام القوى الأمنية ÙÙŠ بيروت يهددون ويشتمون ويطلقون القذائ٠ويرهبون الناس ÙÙŠ سبيل منع كش٠Øقيقة انÙجار #مرÙØ£_بيروت
— د.المØامي طارق شندبTarek Chindeb (@tarekchindeb) October 14, 2021
انها ميليشيات الارهاب التي سكتت عنها الدولة اللبنانية وسمØت لها بقتل الشعب السوري والآن انقلب السØر على الساØر وارتدت على من سهل لها pic.twitter.com/Tp2mcXegPr
Ùيديو يظهر Ø£Øد المØتجين ÙÙŠ #بيروت ÙŠØمل علم #Øزب_الله#لبنان#العربية pic.twitter.com/NL0oGyKVPh
— العربية (@AlArabiya) October 14, 2021
Lebanon Prime Minister Najib Mikati has called for restoration of calm and warned against attempts to drag the country into violence, while Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has condemned violent clashes without responding to accusations from Hezbollah and Amal.
🔴📹 #Lebanon- Gunfire kills several people near #Beirut protest.
— Mete SohtaoÄŸlu (@metesohtaoglu) October 14, 2021
More than 30 people also wounded after gunfire erupts near a protest rally in the Lebanese capital. pic.twitter.com/kMX9LONHEk
Footage of rpg fire, reportedly from Chiyah/Ain Al-Rommaneh pic.twitter.com/304uFaLYxl
— شنشون (@humanprovince) October 14, 2021
Meanwhile, Hezbollah and their allied Amal Movement have accused the right-wing Christian Lebanese Forces Party of sniping at their supporters from buildings during Thursday's violent clashes in Beirut, without providing any evidence.
الشباب دائما جاهزين ومستنÙرين لعرض القوة #Øزبالله #لبنان_ليس_بخير #لبنان_إنهار pic.twitter.com/5IQwJNLN0A
— Larissa Aoun (@LarissaAounSky) October 14, 2021
لبنانيون ÙŠØتمون بالسيارات هرباً من إطلاق النار الكثي٠أثناء اشتباكات شارك Ùيها مسلØون من #Øزب_الله Ùˆ #Øركة_أمل ÙÙŠ #بيروت #شاهد_سكاي pic.twitter.com/ZvdvrOslbG
— سكاي نيوز عربية (@skynewsarabia) October 14, 2021
النخب المتظاهرة بØسب وزير الداخلية. pic.twitter.com/hylZ94mX0B
— Rawad Taha (@rawadtaha) October 14, 2021
Hezbollah, in a statement, has called on the Lebanese military to arrest the assailants who shot at their protesters in Beirut earlier today.
— Mike (@Doranimated) October 14, 2021
Footage of said RPG (from about an hour ago) pic.twitter.com/BGAfFlLupN
— Will Christou (@will_christou) October 14, 2021
Following the deadly skirmish, the United Nations (UN) Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Joanna Wronecka, has called on all the parties to exercise “maximum restraint".
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