Security Breaches Continue: Shootings, Road Closures, Burning Tires
Security breaches and tension continued between al-Mustaqbal Movement supporters from the one hand and Hizbullah and AMAL Movement partisans from the other.
Residents from Beirut”s predominantly-Sunni Tariq Jedideh neighborhood and nearby Qasqas took to the streets late Thursday, burning rubber tires and blocking roads against the backdrop of an attack targeting Beirut citizen Imad Zaghloul who lay in critical condition in the hospital after being shot and wounded earlier this week.
Meanwhile, army troops contained a separate incident between the warring sides that was triggered when young men roamed Beirut streets on their motorbikes.
Also on Thursday evening, unknown assailants shot and wounded a florist shop owner in the mountainous town of Bshamoun, southeast of Beirut.
Police identified the victim as Hussein al-Baghdadi, a resident of Tariq Jedideh.
Similar breaches also reported in west Beirut districts of Ras al-Nabaa and Sabra. Assailants also tossed stones at civilian cars in Qasqas and nearby Barbir.