Army Arrests Several over Celebratory Gunfire in Jabal Mohsen
The Lebanese army staged raids in Tripoli’s neighborhood of Jabal Mohsen over celebratory gunfire after an attempted coup in Turkey, the Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3) reported Saturday.
The army arrested several individuals who opened fire into the air in celebration after media reports said that the Turkish military had assumed power over Turkey.
A Turkish army faction backed by tanks and fighter jets launched a coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that appeared to be faltering on Saturday.
Turkey's acting army chief, General Umit Dundar, said late Saturday morning that the coup attempt had been foiled.
Alawite residents of Jabal Mohsen have been in conflict with the Sunni Bab al-Tabbaneh neighborhood since the Lebanese Civil War and have often engaged in violence.
They are divided along sectarian lines, as well as by their opposition or support of the Alawite-led Syrian government.
Violence flared up during the Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon, but a security plan that was put into effect in 2014 was able to restore calm.
Syrian President Bashar Assad accused Erdogan of supporting jihadists fighting in Syria and of facilitating their movement across the Turkish border into Syria.
Source: Naharnet
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