Jabal Mohsen Man Assaulted in al-Baqqar
Unknown assailants on Monday beat up a young man who hails from the Tripoli neighborhood of Jabal Mohsen in an apparent sectarian attack.
LBCI television identified the man as Ali Jaafar al-Zahab, saying he was assaulted in the Tripoli district of al-Baqqar.
The army escorted the young man and was hearing his testimony in order to unveil the circumstances of the incident and pursue the perpetrators, the TV network said.
On December 26, Jabal Mohsen man Khodr Abbas was shot and wounded in Tripoli's Syria Street.
More than 20 attacks have targeted Jabal Mohsen residents in several areas of Tripoli in recent months.
Tensions between Jabal Mohsen and the rival district of Bab al-Tabbaneh date back to Lebanon's 1975-1990 civil war but have been exacerbated by the conflict across the border in Syria, where Alawite President Bashar Assad is battling a Sunni-led uprising.
The unrest worsened when twin bombings rocked two Sunni mosques in the city, leaving around 45 people dead and 500 others wounded. Several suspects from Jabal Mohsen have been accused of involvement in the bombings.
Human Rights Watch has recently urged Lebanese authorities to better protect minority Alawites — members of an offshoot Shiite sect — who are increasingly coming under attack by Sunnis in Tripoli.
The New York-based watchdog said Alawites in Tripoli's Jabal Mohsen have been beaten and stabbed, and the whole community has endured gunbattles and mortar attacks over the past year.
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