(TKG) ─ According to media reports, dozens have been wounded as police in Lebanon used tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters in Beirut who tried to reach Parliament square.
Dozens of people have been wounded after security forces used tear gas and water cannon to disperse crowds of anti-government protesters trying to reach Martyrs’ Square.
Martyrs’ Square has been the hub of a months-long protest movement in Lebanon calling for changes to the country’s political and financial systems.
On Saturday [January 18, 2020], protesters set out from various spots in the capital Beirut in a march toward the city center under the slogan as saying, “We won’t pay the price.”
Security forces sprayed young men with water cannon and fired tear gas to disperse the protesters.
It was reported that by The Red Cross as saying that almost 220 people from both sides were wounded in the clashes.
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