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Added on the 14/10/2021 15:13:22 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Beirut (Lebanon), Oct 14 (EFE/PA).- (Camera: Wael Hamzeh) Lebanese Interior Minister Bassam Maulaui has confirmed that Thursday's shooting of Shiite protesters in Beirut was perpetrated by a group of "snipers", while the death toll has already rises to six and the number of wounded to more than thirty.FOOTAGE FROM THE CLASHES IN TAYOUNE (SOUTHERN BEIRUT).
A family runs holding their child as they flee the Tayouneh neighbourhood of Beirut during intensive gunfire clashes that broke out following a Beirut rally organised by the Shiite Hezbollah and Amal movements to demand the dismissal of the lead investigator into last year's port blast. IMAGES
Residents of Beirut's Tayouneh neighbourhood evacuate their buildings and run for cover as gunfire battles continue to rage in the Lebanese capital following a demonstration organised by Shiite parties against the lead port blast investigator turned violent. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI9PN3MF_EN / VIDI9PN3YK_EN / VIDI9PN3RX_EN / VIDI9PN4D2_EN
The Lebanese army are deployed in the streets of Beirut as gun fire exchanges turn the capital into a war zone a few blocks from the Justice Palace, where hundreds of black-clad protesters had gathered to demand the removal of judge Tarek Bitar, the lead investigator in the port blast. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI9PN3MF_EN / VIDI9PN3YK_EN / VIDI9PN3RX_EN
An opposition march scatters as gunfire breaks out in Mogadishu. The opposition was protesting against delayed elections in the Somali capital where roads have been sealed off and heavy security deployed. IMAGES