BEIRUT, April 28 — The facades of several banks were smashed with at least one set on fire as protests fuelled by Lebanon's economic crisis turned violent in the northern city of Tripoli overnight, a witness said. The army said a fire-bomb was thrown at one of its vehicles and a hand grenade was...
Anti-government demonstrators hold Lebanese flags during a protest in their cars, amid a countrywide lockdown to combat the spread Covid-19 in Tripoli, Lebanon April 21, 2020. — Reuters pic
The army said a fire-bomb was thrown at one of its vehicles and a hand grenade was hurled at a patrol during rioting in Tripoli, lightly wounding two soldiers. Public and private property had been attacked and banks set on fire, it said. The banking association declared all banks in Tripoli shut from today until security is restored, saying banks had been targeted in “serious attacks and rioting.”
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