Lebanese army opens fire after bomb thrown in Tripoli

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AFP) — The Lebanese army opened fire early Monday after a homemade bomb was thrown in an area of the northern city of Tripoli that has seen bloody clashes since May between two rival factions, an army spokesman told AFP.

"The army fired at the place from where the bomb was thrown, in a sector separating (Sunni-majority) Bab al-Tebbaneh and Jabal Mohsen" where Alawites live, the spokesman said.

Witnesses told AFP that two bombs had been thrown and an exchange of fire ensued between the two sides for 10 minutes before the army intervened.

The spokesman said no one had been hurt.

At least 23 people have been killed since the violence started in May between the residents of Jabal Mohsen, who mostly back the opposition led by the Shiite...