Fresh Wave of Violence Erupts in Tripoli
The tension between Tripoli”s rival neighborhoods Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen has erupted again in a fresh wave of violence on Wednesday”s evening leaving eight people wounded, four of them with light injuries.
The violence started when an Inerga-type rocket-propelled grenade hit Al Ashkar cafe in the Jabal Mohsen neighborhood around 7:30 p.m. followed by a hand grenade that was tossed near Al Nassri mosque in Tripoli”s Bab al-Tabaneh.
Afterwards, another Inerga fell on Haret al-Saydeh street in Jabal Mohsen without any casualties reported.
The wounded were identified as Hassan Khadam, Youssef Salloum, Hassan al-Shaikh, Ahmad Hamza, Khodor al-Ali, Mustafa al-Shaikh, Ahmad al-Masri, and Khodor Abdul Kareem. They were all taken to Jabal Mohsen”s local medical dispensary.
The Arab Democratic Party condemned in a statement "the fall of the grenade on the cafe named Al Ashkar in Jabal Mohsen area which led to the wounding of the 10 people".
The party also condemned "the loose security which makes citizens vulnerable to danger and death". It also called the security forces especially the Lebanese Army for a speedy mobilization in order to identify the perpetrators and present them to justice.