Around 70 people were arrested on Friday night alone, a security source from the Internal Security Forces told CNN. Nearly all of the detained protesters were released on Saturday, according to Legal Agenda and the security source. Frangieh said the army soldiers and security forces had used "a disproportionate use of force" on protesters. "Then a group of Internal Security Forces pushed the guy over, and started to beat him with batons. Lebanese security forces move dumpsters to open up the main Beirut-Tripoli highway, near the town of Kaslik north of the Lebanese capital.

Source: CNN October 19, 2019 16:18 UTC