Judge Saqr charges 79 persons for involvement in Tripoli clashes

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26-04-2014 | 05:27
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Judge Saqr charges 79 persons for involvement in Tripoli clashes
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Judge Saqr charges 79 persons for involvement in Tripoli clashes
The State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr filed on Saturday 79 persons on charges of involvement in Tripoli clashes that erupted between Jabal Mohsen and Bab al-Tebbaneh.

Among the 79 persons, 6 were detained on charges of forming armed groups, committing felonies against people and state’s institutions, as well as opening fire at buildings and people.

Judge Saqr referred the said cases to the military investigative judge.

Earlier this month, Military Investigative Judge Riyad Abu Ghayda issued an arrest warrant in absentia against 12 persons over their alleged involvement in clashes in the northern city of Tripoli, the latest round of which left at least 26 dead and 180 injured.

The port city of Tripoli has long been a stronghold of Sunni Islamists in northern Lebanon.

But the city has become increasingly volatile in recent months due to the civil war in neighboring Syria, where the Sunni majority is leading a revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.

Disputes from neighboring Syria's civil war frequently inflame sectarian grievances in Tripoli.

These clashes pit gunmen from both the mostly Sunni Bab al-Tabbaneh district and the Jabal Mohsen district which mostly comprises residents of Syrian President Bashar Assad's Alawite sect, a Shiite Islam offshoot.

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