Tension in Downtown Beirut after Protesters Attacked the Security Forces

The road in front of the building of the newspaper "An-Nahar" is witnessing a state of hit-and-run among the riot police, who are firing tear gas, and the demonstrators who are trying to storm Najma Square, a number of whom have responded to the launching of tear gas, by grabbing the plantation basins, and placing them as a barrier between them and the security elements.

The tear gas bombs resulted in a number of people being injured, as a number of demonstrators began to leave the place, others remained in discussions with the security forces, who asked them to return to Martyrs Square.

These events came, after a video spread on social media, showing a group of people threatening the security forces, in Beirut, coming from the north.

And spread on social media, several videos, showing groups boasting of being in Beirut to carry out an attack on the security forces.

The Lebanese Interior Ministry announced on Sunday, the transfer of 23 members of the security forces, including 3 officers, to hospitals, while a number of other wounded received treatment in the field.