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Scores injured in third night of clashes in Lebanon s Tripoli Thu 28th January 2021 | 08:50 AM
Tripoli, Lebanon, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 28th Jan, 2021 ) :Over 80 people were hurt during a third night of clashes Wednesday in the Lebanese city of Tripoli between security forces and demonstrators angered by a coronavirus lockdown and severe economic crisis.
Protesters threw petrol bombs and stones towards security forces, who responded with tear gas, an AFP correspondent said.
The Lebanese Red Cross said at least 82 people had been injured in the evening, including 15 who were hospitalised. The security forces reported nine injured among their ranks. We are here to demand food. People are hungry, said 20-year-old protester Mohammed Ezzedine. It s time for people to take to the streets. Tripoli was already one of Lebanon s poorest areas before the novel coronavirus pandemic piled new misery onto a chronic economic crisis.
More than 200 people were hurt in the Lebanese city of Tripoli during a third night of clashes Wednesday between security forces and demonstrators angered by a coronavirus lockdown and severe economic crisis.
Protesters threw petrol bombs and stones towards security forces, who responded with tear gas, an AFP correspondent said.
The National News Agency said 226 people had been injured in the evening 102 of them treated by the Lebanese Red Cross and another 124 by the Islamic Medical Association.
At least 66 people had been hospitalised.
On Twitter, the security forces reported nine injured among their ranks.
“We are here to demand food. People are hungry,” said 20-year-old protester Mohammed Ezzedine. “It’s time for people to take to the streets.”
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image captionState media reported that protesters attempted to storm Tripoli s government building
A man has died after protesters angry with a total coronavirus lockdown and dire economic conditions clashed with riot police in the Lebanese city of Tripoli for a third consecutive night.
Omar Tayba, 29, was among 220 people injured during the unrest. His brother said he had been shot.
Witnesses and local media reported that police fired live rounds at protesters.
The round-the-clock curfew imposed this month to halt a surge in Covid-19 cases has worsened Lebanon s economic crisis.
People are forbidden from leaving their homes unless they are essential workers, and they must rely on deliveries from supermarkets for food.
Lebanon: 220 Injured in Clashes Between Protesters and Riot Police Published January 28th, 2021 - 06:49 GMT
A Lebanese protester pushes a metal barricade during ongoing demonstrations in Lebanon s northern port city of Tripoli on January 27, 2021, as anger grows over a total lockdown aimed at stemming an unprecedented spike in coronavirus cases. Fathi AL-MASRI / AFP
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Other protesters cut off several roads in the city with rocks and garbage bins.
More than 220 people were injured in a third night of clashes Wednesday between security forces and demonstrators protesting against coronavirus lockdown measures in Lebanon s northern city of Tripoli, state-run National News Agency said.