The
demonstrations of Gertrdeh and Khashtoun Nerohahai were initiated, against
which he demonstrated demonstrations in Lebanon.
Lebanon protester dies from bullet wound after army clashes
Tripoli (Lebanon) (AFP)
A 26-year-old
protester died Tuesday from a bullet wound he sustained during overnight
clashes between hundreds of anti-government demonstrators and the army in north
Lebanon.
Fawaz
al-Samman's funeral was held in Al-Nour Square, the main protest camp in the
city of Tripoli, and attended by dozens of mourners despite a nationwide
lockdown because of the coronavirus.
"He took
to the streets to demand his rights and he never threw stones at the army or
carried a weapon," his sister Fatima told AFP during the ceremony.
Protests
rocked Lebanon’s second city of Tripoli overnight, with demonstrators torching
banks and vandalising ATM machines in anger at soaring inflation and an
unprecedented devaluation of the Lebanese pound.
Scores were
wounded on both sides as protesters threw stones at soldiers who fired live rounds
in the air and tear gas to disperse crowds.
Fatima said
her brother was hit by a bullet in the thigh and later went into a coma before
succumbing to his wounds.
She blamed the Lebanese army
for the incident.
In a statement, the army
expressed its "regret" for the death, saying it has opened an
investigation.
It said it respects freedom of
expression, as long as it does not involve the destruction of private and
public property.
Earlier, the army said 40
troops were wounded in the clashes, and accused demonstrators of torching three
banks, destroying several ATMs and attacking an army vehicle.
It said nine people were
arrested, while a local health body in Tripoli said 20 other people were
wounded.
Lebanon is facing the worst
economic crisis since its 1975-1990 civil war.
The economic meltdown has
reignited a protest movement that first rallied in October to demand the
overhaul of a political class deemed incompetent and corrupt.
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