Syria conflict provokes fatal stabbing in Beirut

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A Syrian loyal to President Bashar al-Assad was stabbed to death by a Syrian dissident in Beirut on Wednesday, Lebanese security sources said.

The killing tinged the Lebanese capital with violence from the conflict in neighboring Syria for the first time since the uprising against Assad began 16 months ago.

Lebanese security said the pro-Assad man was leaving his work in bustling Hamra street in the early hours on Wednesday when the dissident approached him and stabbed him with a spear.

“It seems they knew each other and the dissident was watching him. He arrived on a motorbike and then when he saw him he stabbed him,” a security source said.

Thousands of Syrians fleeing the violence raging in their country have sought refuge in Lebanon.

Lebanon’s government has distanced itself from the conflict, fearing it might spill into the country that is divided along sectarian lines and where Syria has powerful allies as well as enemies.

The northern city of Tripoli has been the scene of fierce fighting between Lebanese factions taking up opposing sides of the Syrian conflict.

For decades, Syria had far-reaching influence on its smallest neighbour. Assad withdrew Syrian troops from Lebanon in 2005 but the powerful Shi’ite Muslim militant group Hezbollah remains one of its strongest allies in the country.

Reuters

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5 responses to “Syria conflict provokes fatal stabbing in Beirut”

  1. breakthemould Avatar
    breakthemould

    All forms of violence are to be condemned.  If we don’t then we will be as bad as Assad the very man we need to get rid of because of his violent ways. So, what is the point if we replace him with behavior as his. Court, fair play, judgements, the rule of law, accountability, not revenge. Otherwise we will be as bad as he is and go on to create a state that behaves like he behaved. It that is what we want then let us keep him and go back to work. We need to change the culture, and be civilised otherwise there is no point of any revolution and martyrs. 

  2. breakthemould Avatar
    breakthemould

    All forms of violence are to be condemned.  If we don’t then we will be as bad as Assad the very man we need to get rid of because of his violent ways. So, what is the point if we replace him with behavior as his. Court, fair play, judgements, the rule of law, accountability, not revenge. Otherwise we will be as bad as he is and go on to create a state that behaves like he behaved. It that is what we want then let us keep him and go back to work. We need to change the culture, and be civilised otherwise there is no point of any revolution and martyrs. 

  3. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    A spear? Oh … you don’t need Hezzy’s guns, really. One assumes they arrested this one, however.

  4. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    A spear? Oh … you don’t need Hezzy’s guns, really. One assumes they arrested this one, however.

  5. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    A spear? Oh … you don’t need Hezzy’s guns, really. One assumes they arrested this one, however.

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