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Protesters were injured during the police response.
(Beirut) Lebanese security forces used tear gas on Thursday evening to disperse dozens of demonstrators who were very upset after the gigantic deadly explosion in the port of Beirut this week , which has become the symbol of the incompetence and corruption of the authorities.
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Protesters vandalized shops and threw stones at police in the parliament area, according to the National News Agency.
Protesters were injured during the police response, the official agency said.
These incidents come on the eve of a large anti-government demonstration scheduled for Saturday in a country in the grip of an unprecedented economic crisis.
Caused Tuesday by a fire in the warehouse where had been stored for six years 2020 tons of ammonium nitrate at the port of Beirut, the huge explosion made at least 0118 dead and 3996 injured, not to mention the tens of missing and the hundreds of thousands of homeless.
Lebanese authorities say the warehouse exploded after a fire. Port authorities, customs and some security services were all aware that hazardous chemicals were stored there, but they blamed each other.
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