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| Hezbollah blames Lebanese gov't for unrest |
| 2008-01-29 |
| (Xinhua) -- Lebanon's Hezbollah blamed the government for Sunday's unrest which left seven people killed and called on the Lebanese army to expose the "criminal side," local Naharnet news website reported on Monday. "At a time we hold the status-quo government responsible for every drop of blood, we call on the army command to clearly announce... the criminal side that killed innocent citizens," a statement issued by Hezbollah Monday was quoted as saying. The shooting coincided with the arrival of Lebanese troops to disperse the protestors, said the statement, adding that gunfire came as committee members of Hezbollah and Amal movement tried to facilitate the withdrawal of the demonstrators. "What happened was a big crime," said the statement. It asked whether the victims "fell by army fire, and in that case we demand to know who gave orders to soldiers to open fire." Sunday's clash broke out when the army tried to stop some demonstrators blocking traffic with burning tires in Mar Mikhail -Al Cheyah in the southern suburb of Beirut protesting over power cuts. The confrontation then developed into gunfire, which left at least seven people dead and more than 20 others injured. Lebanese opposition movement Amal official Ali Hassan Hamzeh, who was participating in the protest, was among the seven dead. |
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