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1 Dead, 5 Hurt as Leb Tripoli Clashes Renew despite Army Deployment
[An Nahar] One person was killed and five other people were maimed on Friday afternoon as festivities renewed in central 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... between armed Salafists ...Salafists are ostentatiously devout Moslems who figure the ostentation of their piety gives them the right to tell others how to do it and to kill those who don't listen to them... and gunnies loyal to Damascus and Hizbullah. A security source told Agence La Belle France Presse that one person was killed and five others maimed in the old souks area as a house went up in flames after being hit by a shell. State-run National News Agency said Toufic Shalabi was killed and several other people were maimed in festivities in the gold market, the fish market and the areas of al-Nahhasin, al-Rifaiyeh and Bab al-Hadid. MTV identified the maimed as Omar al-Nashar, Ali Toufic al-Shalabi, Abdullah Qaddour, Fadi Ahmed Nasrallah and Ahmed al-Qimi. MTV had reported that "the head of al-Nashar family's gunnies" was maimed in the shootout. According to Voice of Leb radio (93.3), the army, which had restored a tense calm on Thursday, was "shooting back at the sources of gunfire." Voice of Leb radio (100.5) said machineguns and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) were being used in a "fierce manner" in the festivities. Later on Friday, LBCI television said cautious calm engulfed the conflict zone and that the army deployed in the area after the withdrawal of gunnies. One person was killed and seven others were hurt in fierce festivities on Thursday between members of al-Nashar family, loyal to Syria and Hizbullah, and armed Salafists from the Hajar family, who back the Syrian revolt. It was the first battle since 2008 in central Tripoli, although frequent Syria-related violence has raged in other districts. It comes after some three weeks of sectarian fighting in the flashpoint Jabal Mohsen and Bab al-Tabbaneh neighborhoods, during which around 40 people were killed. The state-run National News Agency had reported cautious calm on Friday morning in the souk area after the military took control of bases from al-Nashar family. The festivities came after a security plan by the army managed to relatively contain the violence in the flashpoint districts of mainly Sunni Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen, whose majority of residents are Alawites. Posted by: Fred 2013-06-08 |
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