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| 10 arrested over Beirut street battle |
| 2010-08-30 |
| A street battle in in which three people were killed in Muslim west Beirut last week has led to 10 arrests, Lebanon's army chief said. "Army operations in the area are ongoing... and we have arrested 10 persons and not just four" as was previously reported, General Jean Kahwaji told the local Arabic-language daily As-Safir. "What is required is that no one ignite a fire and then demand the army put it out." On August 24th, a bloody street battle took place in the Burj Abi Haidar district of Beirut, with Hezbollah supporters fighting the Sunni group Al-Ahbash. The clash began as a dispute over a parking space and escalated into a battle with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades. Three were killed, including Hezbollah official Mohammed Fawaz, and 11 people injured. |
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