Hand Grenade Wounds Woman in Tripoli, Gunshots Heard in Syria Street

A woman was wounded when a hand grenade was hurled in al-Baqqar neighborhood in the northern city of Tripoli, the National News Agency reported on Monday.

"Samira Hasan Bakra was transferred to (Tripoli's) al-Jinan hospital for treatment from a minor injury,” the NNA elaborated.

The agency also reported that sniper gunshots were heard in Syria street, which separates Bab al-Tebbaneh and Jabal Mohsen areas of Tripoli.

Meanwhile, several men blocked the International Highway near the northern city's al-Maloula roundabout.

The escalation of security-related events come one day after Dar al-Fatwa clerics Sheikh Mazen Hariri and Sheikh Ahmed Fakhran were beaten up while passing through the Beirut area of Khandaq al-Ghamiq.

As the news broke out on Sunday, angry protesters blocked roads in the Beirut areas of Tariq al-Jedideh, Qasqas and Corniche al-Mazraa, as well as Sidon's entrance in the South and al-Masnaa's road in the Bekaa.