Security forces also fired live rounds into the air, a Reuters witness and two local broadcasters said. Protesters set garbage dumpsters on fire and threw tear gas canisters back at riot police as ambulance sirens rang out. "Everything we're suffering from is because of the banks and the central bank's policies," Ali, a 21-year-old college student, said at the protest in Beirut's Hamra commercial district. The civil defence said it treated some protesters and police who suffered injuries on Tuesday, without giving a toll. Lebanon's internal security forces called on protesters to leave Hamra street "for their safety or else they will be deemed rioters and will be chased."

Source: bd News24 January 14, 2020 23:37 UTC