Hezbullah gunmen open fire on protesters outside Iranian embassy in Beirut, murder one
The Lebanese army deployed tanks and erected roadblocks across Beirut following the shooting, fearing a flare-up in sectarian and factional hostility. Protesters had condemned Iranian and Hezbollah backing for the Syrian president in a civil war that has been spreading across Lebanon's border.
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They named the dead man as Hashem Salman of the Intima party, led by Ahmad al-Assad whose family has been politically eclipsed within the Shi'ite community since Iran and Syria backed Hezbollah during the Lebanese civil war in the 1980s.
When the bus carrying the Intima group stopped outside the embassy, Hezbollah supporters, identifiable by their yellow arm-bands and black clothing, wearing pistols on their belts, attacked the vehicle with batons, smashing its windows.
The two groups scuffled in the road and the Hezbollah men drew their weapons and opened fire. Several people appeared to be hit and fell, the Reuters journalist said. Lebanon's official news agency put the number of wounded in the incident at three.
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Lebanese troops on Sunday strung barbed wire across roads around central Beirut and along the highway running south through suburbs that are a stronghold of Hezbollah support.
Demonstrators, including Sunnis and members of Lebanon's large Christian community as well as Shi'ites opposed to Hezbollah, had marched in the direction of the Iranian mission.Faster, faster.
Labels: Bashar al-Assad, Beirut, Hezbullah, Iran, Syria, Syrian uprising
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