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TENSIONS HIGH IN BOURJ HAMMOUD AFTER MAN CRITICALLY WOUNDED IN BRAWL
NaharNet, Lebanon
May 19 2014
by Naharnet Newsdesk Yesterday
Tensions were running high Sunday in the northern Metn area of Bourj
Hammoud, in the wake of a clash that erupted Saturday between residents
and a number of Kurd young men.
"Residents staged a sit-in outside the Bourj Hammoud Municipality,
demanding that security be imposed in the area," LBCI television
reported.
They also called for "protecting them from the Kurds," saying they
must be kicked out of their houses.
Another sit-in was held outside the water firm in Bourj Hammoud amid
the deployment of army troops and Internal Security Forces members.
According to the Internal Security Forces' Traffic Management Center,
the road was blocked near the Saint Joseph Church during the protests.
In the evening, the ISF issued a statement saying "the Bourj Hammoud
department arrested overnight 5 Syrians in connection with the clash,"
noting that "investigations are underway under the supervision of
the judiciary."
Later, state-run National News Agency said security forces restored
calm on Bourj Hammoud's streets after staging patrols and arresting
a number of people suspected of "involvement in Saturday's clash and
in creating new tensions on Sunday."
The agency said the area had witnessed a commotion "after some
residents noticed that a number of Kurds were carrying knives."
A verbal dispute had erupted into a major brawl on Saturday. According
to witnesses, sharp objects were used in the fight.
A video showing a man hurling a big gas cylinder at a crowd from the
second floor of a building has gone viral on social media.
The man who was hit by the cylinder, Elias Kalash, is reportedly
lying in hospital in a critical condition.
Fistfights involving foreign workers are frequent in Bourj Hammoud,
a predominantly Armenian Lebanese neighborhood.
Y.R.
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/131137-tensions-high-in-bourj-hammoud-after-man-critically-wounded-in-brawl
NaharNet, Lebanon
May 19 2014
by Naharnet Newsdesk Yesterday
Tensions were running high Sunday in the northern Metn area of Bourj
Hammoud, in the wake of a clash that erupted Saturday between residents
and a number of Kurd young men.
"Residents staged a sit-in outside the Bourj Hammoud Municipality,
demanding that security be imposed in the area," LBCI television
reported.
They also called for "protecting them from the Kurds," saying they
must be kicked out of their houses.
Another sit-in was held outside the water firm in Bourj Hammoud amid
the deployment of army troops and Internal Security Forces members.
According to the Internal Security Forces' Traffic Management Center,
the road was blocked near the Saint Joseph Church during the protests.
In the evening, the ISF issued a statement saying "the Bourj Hammoud
department arrested overnight 5 Syrians in connection with the clash,"
noting that "investigations are underway under the supervision of
the judiciary."
Later, state-run National News Agency said security forces restored
calm on Bourj Hammoud's streets after staging patrols and arresting
a number of people suspected of "involvement in Saturday's clash and
in creating new tensions on Sunday."
The agency said the area had witnessed a commotion "after some
residents noticed that a number of Kurds were carrying knives."
A verbal dispute had erupted into a major brawl on Saturday. According
to witnesses, sharp objects were used in the fight.
A video showing a man hurling a big gas cylinder at a crowd from the
second floor of a building has gone viral on social media.
The man who was hit by the cylinder, Elias Kalash, is reportedly
lying in hospital in a critical condition.
Fistfights involving foreign workers are frequent in Bourj Hammoud,
a predominantly Armenian Lebanese neighborhood.
Y.R.
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/131137-tensions-high-in-bourj-hammoud-after-man-critically-wounded-in-brawl