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13 killed, 50 injured in fierce fighting in Lebanon’s Tripoli

03 June 2012 02:26 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Renewed clashes in Lebanon’s northern port city of Tripoli neighborhoods of Alawite Jabal Mohsen and Sunni Bab al-Tabbaneh on Saturday, claimed the lives of 13 people and wounded 50 others, APA reports quoting the National News Agency.

A meeting, chaired by Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Miqati and attended by Interior Minister Marwan Charbel among others officials, demanded the army and security forces to control the situation, according to the report.

Another security meeting, chaired by chaired by head of Tripoli ’s gendarmerie Brig. Gen. Bassam Ayoubi, decided to deploy internal security forces to the two neighborhoods.

Earlier, Miqati told chiefs of security agencies via phone not to tolerate those who tamper in security in Tripoli, urging them to intensify measures to restore calm in the city.