Fierce Clashes in Tripoli after Jabal Mohsen Resident Killed in al-Qobbeh
Fierce clashes erupted in the northern city of Tripoli on Friday afternoon following the death of a Jabal Mohsen resident by gunfire.
"Sounds of gunfire shots were heard in Tripoli as sniper activity was recorded between (the city's neighborhoods of) Jabal Mohsen and Bab al-Tabbaneh,” the state-run National News Agency reported.
Hand grenades were also hurled on several fighting frontiers like Syria street, Baal Al-Darawish, Talaat al-Omari, the vegetable market and Souq al-Qameh, the NNA added.
Friday's clashes erupted after Taleb Assi,who hails from Jabal Mohsen, died of his wounds after being hit with gunshots in the northern region of al-Qobbeh.
Assi was pronounced dead at al-Sayyida Hospital in the northern city of Zgharta.
The NNA noted that army troops present in the North responded to the sources of fire.
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