CLASHES ERUPT BETWEEN ARMENIANS AND SECURITY FORCES IN DOWNTOWN
NowLebanon.com
Nov 25 2010
Lebanon
New TV reported on Thursday that security forces clashed with Lebanese
Armenians demonstrating against Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan’s Beirut visit in Martyrs Square in Downtown Beirut.
According to the report, the security forces intervened when the
demonstrators tried to tear up Erdogan’s banners and threw rocks at
the officers.
New TV also reported that some protesters were injured in the incident,
adding that the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) had to intervene to end
the clashes.
New TV also said that Tashnaq Party leader MP Hagop Pakradounian
arrived to the area to calm the situation down.
More than 100 members of Lebanon’s Armenian community gathered outside
Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport on Wednesday to protest
Erdogan’s visit.
The Turkish PM arrived on Wednesday for a two-day official visit.
From: A. Papazian