Tripoli under Shelling’s Madness... Death Toll, Injuries Increase
Tripoli is suffering and the only sound the penetrate its grieves is that of shelling and fire.In Tripoli no place for logic as madness control the city.
On Friday, clashes continued between various parts of the Northern capital, and particularly between al-Qebe, Riva, and Bakar on the one hand, and Jabal Mohsen on the other hand.
The outcome of the fourth days of battles was: 3 dead and 20 wounded, including a 9 soldiers of the Lebanese Army.
Meanwhile, at least 20 "Einerga" shells covered the region between the wheat market, Bakar, and al-Milolh.
In parallel, the death of a field Salafi Sheikh Khaled al-Baradei in the battles sparked new clashes between rival impoverished neighborhoods that dashed a tenuous truce.
Two members of the press are among the wounded, including one foreign journalist. Sky News broadcast journalist Hussein Nahle was wounded in the head by sniper fire near a highway in the city, but his condition is reported to be stable. Canadian journalist Maria Moore sustained a leg injury.
In addition, reports from the region stated that "there have been several cases of house and shop torching."
"Seven masked men set a kiosk alight near al-Nour square," the NNA said.
Families hammered holes through the walls of their apartments to escape to safety down makeshift ladders as the clashes raged.
Hundreds of soldiers with tanks and military vehicles have deployed on the aptly named Syria Street - which acts both as the dividing line between the two districts and as the frontline when fighting erupts.
Several families displaced by the fighting had returned to the two districts on Thursday to inspect the damage to their homes, as a truce agreed on Wednesday had appeared to take hold.
For its part, sources within the Democratic Arab Party stressed for "al-Intiqad" the party's commitment to the ceasefire in Tripoli.
It further accused certain groups and outsiders from agitating sedition in the city.
Prime Minister Najib Mikati, a native of Tripoli, on Wednesday raised fresh concern over "efforts to drag Lebanon more and more into the conflict in Syria when what is required is for leaders to cooperate... to protect Lebanon from the danger."
The authorities have instructed the army and security forces "to bring the situation under control, to prohibit any armed presence and to arrest those implicated" in the violence, he said in a statement.
Source: News Agencies, Translated and Edited by moqawama.org
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