Army Says Soldier Being Questioned for 'Firing at Protesters'
Social media users have heavily circulated CCTV footage showing an army soldier firing at the Hizbullah-Amal protesters in the Tayyouneh-Ain al-Remmaneh area from a close distance during Thursday’s deadly incidents.
In an official statement issued overnight, the army acknowledged that the footage shows “a soldier opening fire at protesters during the confrontations that erupted two days ago in the Tayyouneh area,” noting that he is being “interrogated under the supervision of the competent judicial authorities.”
Al-Jadeed TV meanwhile quoted “sources close to the Lebanese Army” as saying that “the army started responding to gunfire after three people were killed by gunfire in the armed clash.”
“This is what appeared in the circulated videos that show an army soldier opening fire,” the sources added.
17 October 2021, 15:28
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the point with all of this is simply to keep the thieves in power without any accountability. This is the way to refocus the sheep on civil unrest / cival war if the probe continues. So no accountability....
17 October 2021, 15:57
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People are forgetting that this is the exact same scenario of what happed on January 27, 2008 between the Lebanese Army and Amal and Hezballah supported. The same exact narrative. First they blamed LF snippers, who as turned out where Lebanese army sentries posted on roofs of building around the rioters. Then blaming Lebanese army soldiers who it turns out where just defending themselves from apes hopped up on hashish trying to take away their weapons. The investigation ended up showing that most of the dead, including Amal official Ali Hassan Hamza, where fell by bullet fired from the Dahieh area.
18 October 2021, 01:24
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Who was killed by the wrong RPG fire at dahyeh by an idiot ? It appears all those killed and injured by friendly idiots fire so disarm your Shia militia already.
