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| Fire breaks out as protesters attempt to storm Beirut parliament in second night of demonstrations (VIDEO) | Fire breaks out as protesters attempt to storm Beirut parliament in second night of demonstrations (VIDEO) |
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| A fire broke out near the parliament in Beirut as protesters and police clashed for the second night. Police deployed tear gas as demonstrators demanding the resignation of the government over the huge port explosion hurled rocks. | |
| After attempting to storm parliament on Saturday night, protesters returned to the streets on Sunday, this time firing projectiles at security officers deployed to protect the government building. | |
| Video footage captured the protesters pulling down barricades near parliament, and using slingshots to launch the projectiles. | |
| Police, clad in body armor and wielding batons, responded with tear gas. At Saturday’s protests, demonstrators managed to breach Ministry of Foreign affairs and other government buildings. One policeman was killed and more than 170 people were injured. | |
| As the sun set on Sunday, a fire broke out at the barricaded entrance to Parliament Square, prompting police to deploy heavy clouds of tear gas and send firefighters in to extinguish the blaze. | |
| Prime Minister Hassan Diab has called for early parliamentary elections, but his pledge has not managed to quell the wave of public unrest currently gripping the country. Lebanon’s economic situation was perilous before the explosion, and protests have frequently broken out in Beirut in recent months. | |
| Two government ministers have already resigned followed the massive ammonium nitrate explosion in the city's port on Tuesday. | |
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