Maronite League Team Prevented from Surveying Patriarchate Lands in Lasa
A number of residents of the Byblos District town of Lasa on Thursday attacked a delegation from the Maronite League which was surveying lands owned by the Maronite Patriarchate in the town, Voice of Lebanon radio (100.5) reported.
Army troops intervened to end the attack on the delegation, which was accompanied by a Maronite priest and a number of the area’s residents, the radio station said.
Talal Douehi, a member of the League’s executive council, said “the Maronite League team was attacked by locals and prevented from continuing the surveying of lands owned by the Maronite Patriarchate.”
“The attack is not the first of its kind,” Douehi added, noting that “every time we try to resume the surveying operation, a number of people gather round and attack us.”
Asked about Hizbullah’s stance on the issue, Douehi said: “We tried to contact them, but no one answered.”
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