The interior ministry did not make any immediate official comment. “He had a knife in one hand and an axe in the other and was running toward the ministry shouting ‘Allahu akbar (God is greatest)’,” the officer said.
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Several passers-by intervene, throwing metal barriers in his path, before a police officer shoots him twice and he falls to the ground.Ī police officer at the site said the “extremist” had been trying to attack security forces outside the heavily guarded ministry, which is surrounded by portable metal barriers. Video footage taken by witnesses showed the bearded man brandishing an axe outside the interior ministry in the central Habib Bourguiba Avenue. TUNIS: A man lunged at Tunisian police with an axe and a knife in central Tunis on Friday before officers shot and wounded him with rubber-tipped bullets, witnesses and police said. Official estimates put the number of Palestinian refugees in the country at 180,000 but the actual number could be as high as 500,000. Lebanon says it hosts more than 1.5 million Syrians, nearly a million of whom are registered as refugees with the UN. Most of the would-be migrants are already refugees who fled the war in neighboring Syria, but an increasing number of Lebanese nationals are also attempting the perilous journey.Īround 80 percent of Lebanon’s population is estimated to be living under the poverty line, as defined by international organizations, and the Lebanese pound has lost 90 percent of its value against the dollar on the black market. The number of people attempting to make deadly sea crossings out of Lebanon has surged since the country’s financial crisis began in 2019. They found “82 people, including men, women, and children, who were planning to head to Europe via sea in an illegal manner for a fee of $5,000 per person,” without specify their nationality. The Internal Security Forces said they raided a “tourist resort” in the Qalamoun area on Thursday after being tipped off. On Friday the Lebanese security forces said they had thwarted an attempt by 82 people to illegally cross by sea from the Lebanon into Europe. The Republic of Cyprus, a European Union member just 160 kilometers (100 miles) away, is a common destination for would-be migrants trying to flee Lebanon, which is mired in economic and political crisis. The statement did not specify their intended destination. It said the boat almost sank in bad weather and that all on board were rescued and taken to shore. Women and children were among the group intercepted Friday by a navy patrol off the coast of Qalamoun in northern Lebanon, the army said.
BEIRUT: The Lebanese army said Saturday it had stopped a boatload of 91 people including Syrian and Palestinian refugees from departing Lebanon illegally.
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