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MPs Attempt To Access Parliament As Protestors Block Roads
Clashes are currently breaking out between protestors and security forces as MPS try to enter parliament to take part in the confidence vote.
Protestors threw eggs at MP Damianos Kattar and tried to prevent him from arriving to the parliament, Minister of Culture-Agriculture reached Parliament on a motor scooter.
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Protesters have gathered near Le gray hotel earlier this morning where high cement walls were erected to block the area near Nijmeh Square, yet the clashes have been scattered in various locations in Downtown.Teargas and water cannons pic.twitter.com/umKTa424JR
— (@joeyayoub) February 11, 2020
— alia awada (@AlyaAwada) February 11, 2020Security forces have circled the perimeter of the area and used tear gas and water cannon to break up groups of demonstrators who hurled rocks over the blast walls around parliament.
— Larissa Aoun (@LarissaAounSky) February 11, 2020
Protestors threw eggs at MP Damianos Kattar and tried to prevent him from arriving to the parliament, Minister of Culture-Agriculture reached Parliament on a motor scooter.
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