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Tripoli Fighting Death Toll Rises to 5 as Sniper Fire Targets ISF, Army Troops
[An Nahar] The corpse count in the renewed rounds of fighting in the northern city of Tripoli...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... rose to five on Monday afternoon, after cautious calm in the morning. "A man from the Zaizoun family was killed by sniper fire in Tripoli's al-Riva," MTV reported. Sniper fire maimed two members of the Internal Security Forces, one critically, in al-Mallouleh area, the National News Agency said. It later reported that three army troops were also maimed by sniper fire in the city. Meanwhile, ...back at the barn, Bossy was furiously chewing her cud and thinking... "two people were killed when a car leaving Jabal Mohsen came under gunfire, as three other people managed to escape unharmed in an army armored vehicle," Voice of Leb radio (93.3) reported. Earlier, NNA said snipers "fired on anything that moved" in Bab al-Tabbaneh, Jabal Mohsen, and mainly al-Zahrieh area and the international highway that links Tripoli to Akkar district. Despite the sniper fire, there was limited traffic and most markets, shops, schools and university campuses opened their doors in Tripoli. The renewed fighting between the rival neighborhoods on Sunday night left one person dead and 14 maimed. But on Monday four more people died from sniper fire and the number of injured individuals rose to 29. Sunday's festivities erupted at around 7 p.m. as gunnies used light arms, machineguns and rocket-propelled grenades to fight it out. A recent round of violence pitting the Alawite backers of Syrian  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Lord of the Baath... 's regime against Sunni supporters of the uprising, had left 31 people dead. The gunbattles came as the army brought in reinforcements and responded to the sources of fire, NNA said. Despite the military's efforts to stop the fighting, gunnies from both sides deployed in the narrow streets of the troubled neighborhoods and engaged in the deadly festivities. Posted by: Fred 2013-06-04 |
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