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20 SYRIANS INJURED IN BEIRUT BUS ATTACK
Al-Akhbar English, Lebanon
June 26, 2013 Wednesday
Unknown men attacked a minibus carrying 25 Syrians in eastern Beirut
Wednesday and stabbed the passengers with knives, local media reported.
Twenty of the passengers were injured as a result of the attack,
AFP said.
The young assailants exited from an X5 SUV without covering their
faces, el-Nashra news agency reported, in the neighborhood of Jisr
el-Wati.
The Lebanese National News Agency said eight men in three different
cars were behind the attack.
They attacked the people in the minibus - a group of Muslim, Armenian
and Kurdish Syrians - with knives, witnesses told el-Nashra.
The wounded were moved to the Saint Joseph and Mount Lebanon hospitals,
the agency said.
The Syrians were on their way to Hazmieh from Bourj Hammoud to record
Syrian heritage songs in the studios of an Iranian television station,
the NNA said.
Syrians are frequent targets of racist attacks and discrimination in
Lebanon, as Lebanese authorities turn a blind-eye to these violent
acts.
With Syrian refugees reaching almost 1.5 million, municipalities
around Lebanon have imposed curfew on Syrian nationals. Syrians risk
being attacked in the streets after curfew hours.
(Al-Akhbar)
Al-Akhbar English, Lebanon
June 26, 2013 Wednesday
Unknown men attacked a minibus carrying 25 Syrians in eastern Beirut
Wednesday and stabbed the passengers with knives, local media reported.
Twenty of the passengers were injured as a result of the attack,
AFP said.
The young assailants exited from an X5 SUV without covering their
faces, el-Nashra news agency reported, in the neighborhood of Jisr
el-Wati.
The Lebanese National News Agency said eight men in three different
cars were behind the attack.
They attacked the people in the minibus - a group of Muslim, Armenian
and Kurdish Syrians - with knives, witnesses told el-Nashra.
The wounded were moved to the Saint Joseph and Mount Lebanon hospitals,
the agency said.
The Syrians were on their way to Hazmieh from Bourj Hammoud to record
Syrian heritage songs in the studios of an Iranian television station,
the NNA said.
Syrians are frequent targets of racist attacks and discrimination in
Lebanon, as Lebanese authorities turn a blind-eye to these violent
acts.
With Syrian refugees reaching almost 1.5 million, municipalities
around Lebanon have imposed curfew on Syrian nationals. Syrians risk
being attacked in the streets after curfew hours.
(Al-Akhbar)