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Attack on anti-Hezbollah candidate exposes splits among Lebanese Shiites
[FRANCE24] An attack on an independent Lebanese Shiite candidate running on an anti-Hezbollah platform in the May 6 general elections has exposed the rifts among Lebanese Shiites and the movement's strongarm tactics. But will it affect the upcoming polls?On Sunday afternoon, Mohammed al-Amin was in Beirut when he got a text message from a relative saying his father had been attacked in their ancestral village of Shaqra in southern Leb. The 28-year-old tech industry worker immediately called his mother in Shaqra, but she had no idea what he was talking about. "My mother hadn’t heard anything about the incident although she was there in the village," said Mohammed in a phone interview with FRANCE 24. It wasn’t long before Mohammed got the confirmation he was seeking. "About 30 minutes later, I saw that some TV stations were running news flashes that a candidate was under attack," he explained. Posted by: Fred 2018-04-25 |
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