Army Defuses Two Grenades in Bab al-Tabbaneh

Two grenades were found on Friday in Bab al-Jihad stadium in the neighborhood of Bab al-Tabbaneh in the northern port city of Tripoli, the state-run National News Agency reported.

A military expert arrived swiftly at the scene and defused the two grenades, the news agency said.

Earlier, Voice of Lebanon radio reported that the army arrested a man suspected of tossing hand grenades in Bab al-Tabbaneh.

The northern city has witnessed on Thursday tension in the Baqqar area after a scuffle broke out between pro- and anti-Syrian President Bashar Assad regime supporters.

The rival men began tossing stones at each other and one man was stabbed.