45 People Charged over KFC Attack in Tripoli
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Military Tribunal Judge Saqr Saqr charged on Monday 45 people over an attack against a KFC fast food restaurant in the northern city of Tripoli, a judicial source told AFP.
The attack was carried out during a protest staged by Islamists in the port city on September 14, during which some 300 demonstrators rallied to denounce a U.S.-made film that mocks Islam and the Prophet Mohammed.
During the protest, a KFC restaurant was set on fire, and protesters clashed with security forces. One protester was killed and some 25 injured.
In charge of state security cases, Saqr charged 45 people over the attack, although only 15 of them are currently in detention.
They were charged for using "violence and issuing threats with knives and sticks against the security forces, for damaging their vehicles, for setting fire to a KFC restaurant, and for opening fire ... provoking the death of a protester," according to the chargesheet.
Some 50 people have been killed in violence over an anti-Islam film, entitled "Innocence of Muslims," that has caused outrage across the Muslim world in the past two weeks.
24 September 2012, 18:06
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If they did it because KFC prepare chicken in the most disgusting way, then people will understand.
24 September 2012, 18:21
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@shab, ridiculous comment! They are simply harming Lebanese economy. whether it's disgusting chicken or not, those are brainless idiots!
24 September 2012, 20:46
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These jobless testosterone filled manipulated youth should be given a job to make money and a girlfriend to get their frustrations out.
In the meantime they should be punished and start fearing authority. Their parents didnt instill in them fear of authority, the state should, and then reinsert it should reinsert them in society with a skill and a gf, (or at least an internet connection).
24 September 2012, 21:39
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well this is why i suggested the internet connection for those unworthy of a gf.
24 September 2012, 23:32
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Where all the Shia comments? I was growing used to reading the blatant sectarianism and blind hatred some of you tools splurge over the internet. Oh that's right, your Salafi friends did this, therefore it's fine. Funny how similar protests in Lebanon were completely non-violent.
