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Hand Grenade Wounds Woman in Tripoli, Gunshots Heard in Syria Street
 [An Nahar] A woman was wounded when a hand grenade was hurled in al-Baqqar neighborhood in the northern city of Tripoli, the National News Agency reported on Monday."Samira Hasan Bakra was transferred to (Tripoli's) al-Jinan hospital for treatment from a minor injury," the NNA elaborated. The agency also reported that sniper gunshots were heard in Syria street, which separates Bab al-Tebbaneh and Jabal Mohsen areas of Tripoli. Meanwhile, several men blocked the International Highway near the northern city's al-Maloula roundabout. The escalation of security-related events come one day after Dar al-Fatwa clerics Sheikh Mazen Hariri and Sheikh Ahmed Fakhran were beaten up while passing through the Beirut area of Khandaq al-Ghamiq. As the news broke out on Sunday, angry protesters blocked roads in the Beirut areas of Tariq al-Jedideh, Qasqas and Corniche al-Mazraa, as well as Sidon's entrance in the South and al-Masnaa's road in the Bekaa. Posted by: Fred 2013-03-19 |
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