Finance Minister Mohammad
Safadi said on Thursday that he filed a lawsuit against the General Security
for arresting Lebanese citizen Shadi al-Mawlawi in one of his social services
office in the northern city of Tripoli.
In a statement issued by
his office, Safadi also denied all media reports claiming that he had not filed
the lawsuit.
The statement also noted
that the lawsuit was referred to the military prosecution in Beirut.
The finance minister also
called on the residents of Tripoli to “stand by Prime Minister Najib Mikati to
save Tripoli from anything that can harm its stability and security.”
“The cabinet as well as the
MPs and the leaders of Tripoli will not allow some parties’ attempts to take
advantage of the situation in the city,” Safadi said, adding that “Tripoli will
not be a field for settling scores.”
Deadly clashes broke out on Saturday in Tripoli between Islamists and the
army as young demonstrators, sympathizers of the revolt in Syria, tried to
approach the offices of the pro-President Bashar al-Assad Syrian Social
Nationalist Party.
The clashes followed the arrest of Mawlawi by the General Security at a social services center that belongs to Safadi. After his arrest, 100 young men blocked the northern and southern roads into Tripoli.
The ensuing sectarian clashes left nine people dead and some 50 wounded.
The clashes followed the arrest of Mawlawi by the General Security at a social services center that belongs to Safadi. After his arrest, 100 young men blocked the northern and southern roads into Tripoli.
The ensuing sectarian clashes left nine people dead and some 50 wounded.
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