Lebanon protest postponed after Beirut clashes

Home World Lebanon protest postponed after Beirut clashes 24-08-2015 12:27 PM Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Lebanese protesters said they had postponed a demonstration set for Monday evening, after rallies a day earlier triggered clashes with security forces in Beirut. Organisers of the "You Stink" campaign against a garbage disposal crisis said on their Facebook page they would hold a news conference later in the day to explain their decision. On Sunday, the Lebanese army arrived central Beirut, clearing two main squares, where clashes between protestors and security forces – in their second day - left at least 20 people injured. The move appears to be a clear escalation in the protests, which began on Saturday evening in the Lebanese capital's Martyr's Square. Also on Sunday, around 200 youths, some wearing scarves or masks to cover their faces, threw stones and bottles filled with sand at police and tried to pull down security barricades, an AFP correspondent said. Footage shown on social media appeared to a man lying on the group, with blood pouring from his head. * Al Arabiya

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Lebanon protest postponed after Beirut clashes

24-08-2015 12:27 PM

Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Lebanese protesters said they had postponed a demonstration set for Monday evening, after rallies a day earlier triggered clashes with security forces in Beirut.

Organisers of the "You Stink" campaign against a garbage disposal crisis said on their Facebook page they would hold a news conference later in the day to explain their decision.

On Sunday, the Lebanese army arrived central Beirut, clearing two main squares, where clashes between protestors and security forces – in their second day - left at least 20 people injured.

The move appears to be a clear escalation in the protests, which began on Saturday evening in the Lebanese capital's Martyr's Square.

Also on Sunday, around 200 youths, some wearing scarves or masks to cover their faces, threw stones and bottles filled with sand at police and tried to pull down security barricades, an AFP correspondent said. Footage shown on social media appeared to a man lying on the group, with blood pouring from his head.

* Al Arabiya

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