Five killed in judge protest
FIVE people have been killed and many more injured as armed clashes broke out in Beirut during a protest against the lead judge Tarek Bitar investigating last year’s huge blast in the city’s port.
Lebanon’s interior minister, Bassam Mawlawi, said many of those injured were shot by snipers from buildings. He called the events “a very dangerous sign”. The exchanges involved snipers, pistols, rifles and rocket-propelled grenades as tenisons rise.