Protesters Block Roads across Lebanon, 6 Hurt in Tariq al-Jedideh Clash
Protesters blocked roads on Sunday across Lebanon, including in the capital Beirut, to condemn the shooting death of Sheikh Ahmed Abdul Wahed at an army checkpoint in the Akkar town of al-Kweikhat.
The army and security forces managed later to reopen most roads.
Local residents set fire to tires to cut off several roads in northern Lebanon in, including a road leading to Syria.
Roads were blocked in Akkar, Dinniyeh and most areas in Tripoli, including roads leading to al-Nour Square, al-Qobbeh, al-Beddawi and the international highway leading to Beirut.
Similar scenes were repeated on the Beirut-South highway near the intersection of al-Naameh town and in the Beirut areas of Verdun, Bechara al-Khoury, Qasqas and Corniche al-Mazraa.
Roads were also blocked in the northern Akkar region and in the eastern Bekaa valley where angry protesters set tires ablaze to cut off roads.
Meanwhile, state-run National News Agency said six people were wounded in an armed clash between two local groups in the vicinity of the Beirut Arab University in Tariq al-Jedideh, which involved the use of machineguns and rocket-propelled grenades.
It identified four of the wounded as Ahmed Shanshiyyeh, Ahmed Habbal, Mohammed Nheili and Abdul Hadi al-Farra.
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