Several Injured in Mustaqbal-Resistance Brigades Clashes
Heavy clashes erupted early on Wednesday in the area of al-Saadiyat leaving scores of people injured, including an army personnel, and triggering a state of chaos in the area, an army communique said.
The sides involved in the clashes belonged to different political parties, it added.
The army deployed heavily and cordoned off the area erecting temporary checkpoints as cautious calm prevailed.
Troops also carried out raids in the region in search for the assailants, the communique added.
On the other hand, the National News Agency said that around 1:00 AM, clashes erupted between supporters of al-Mustaqbal movement and the Hizbullah-affiliated Resistance Brigades.
On its part, the March 14 alliance denounced the incident in a statement and said that “it has dangerous repercussions on Lebanon's stability and civil peace.”
The alliance also called on the state to “take the necessary measures to control the state of chaos and arrest the perpetrators who seem to belong to Hizbullah according to residents of the area,” added the statement.
The wounded were taken to the Rafic Hariri University Hospital.
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Source: Naharnet
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