BEIRUT/TRIPOLI: A man was killed in the Lebanese city of Tripoli on Thursday in clashes between security forces and protesters angry over a strict coronavirus lockdown that has cut off livelihoods in a collapsing economy.
The 30-year-old man, Omar Taybah, was hit by a bullet overnight, according to a local hospital that treated him, a security source and residents. Dozens marched at his funeral later in the day.
Witnesses and local media said police fired live bullets overnight as protesters tried to storm the northern city’s government building. Scores of people were wounded.
Security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters who hurled stones and Molotov cocktails, witnesses and police said.
The police did not respond to a question on whether they had fired live rounds and whether a protester was killed.
Reuters footage showed sparks hitting the ground, apparently from ricocheting bullets, with the sound of gunfire.
It was the third straight night of violence in one…
