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One shot dead in protests in Lebanon as protests persist

cde.news desk 13 November 2019, 04:48 · 1 min read

epa07991936 Protesters wave Lebanese flags shout slogans as they block the Ring Bridge highway during a protest in Beirut, Lebanon, 12 November 2019. Protesters across Lebanon blocked roads after the country's Lebanese President Michel Aoun called during his a televised interview for those in the streets to go home or else the country was heading for a 'catastrophe'. EPA-EFE/Nabil Mounzer

A man was shot dead in south Beirut, Lebanon’s state news agency said early Wednesday, after the army announced it had opened fire to disperse protesters blocking roads.

The victim “succumbed to his injuries” in hospital, according to the National News Agency, the second death in nearly a month of unprecedented protests that have erupted across Lebanon.

Via Gulf News

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One shot dead in protests in Lebanon as protests persist

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