Al-Berjawi to Take All Participants in Clashes to Court
Future party militants flooded Tariq al-Jedideh area on Sunday night, and stormed the head office of Arab Movement party, firing RBG projectiles.
Arab Movement's Chief, Shaker al-Berjawi, said Monday he will take to court all of those who took part in the clashes and incites to spread mass tension and panic among residents.
"One hundred gunmen shot at the office," Berjawi said, adding that "[guards] from Saad Hariri's residence took part" in the attack against the party's office.
"I am the Resistance's ally, I am the ally of Hibullah and Syria," he stressed during a press conference he held Monday afternoon.
"We neither want sedition nor conflict to spread in Lebanon. We are keen to civil peace in Beirut," Al-Berjawi added.
Two people were killed and another 18 injured due to the street violence Sunday.
One of the wounded stated that three or four RBG projectiles were fired towards the head office of Arab Movement party at 09:00 p.m. local timing Sunday.
Security officials reported that Abdul Wahed's convoy refused to abide by the Army's instruction and stop, what forced soldiers to shoot in its direction. Abdul Wahed was accompanied by another religious figure, Mohammed Hussein Merheb, who was also killed.
A few hours to the incident, armed men of the Future party supporters poured to the streets, in obedience to calls made by MPs Khaled al-Daher and Moeen Merehbi. The two Future MPs had called on the people to expel the Lebanese army and replace it with the Internal Security Forces in the region.
Source: al-Intiqad, translated and edited by moqawama.org
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