Witnesses and local media said riot police fired live bullets as protesters tried to storm the northern city’s government building. Security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters who threw stones, hurled Molotov cocktails and lit a car on fire, witnesses and police said. The police did not immediately respond to a question on whether live rounds had been fired and a protester was killed. There’s poverty, misery, lockdown and there’s no work… Our problem is the politicians,” said Samir Agha at the protest before the unrest. Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces said hand grenades were thrown, including at a patrol, injuring at least nine officers.

Source: Egypt Independent January 28, 2021 10:52 UTC