BEIRUT: Friends and relatives of Husam al-Shawwa fired shots into the air and used trash cans to block the road near the Khashakhji Mosque in the Beirut neighborhood of Qasqas during his funeral Tuesday, a day after he was killed in a protest.
On Tuesday, residents of the Bekaa Valley town of Lebweh blocked a vital highway leading to the nearby town of Arsal, claiming Arsal residents were providing a haven to militants that have launched rocket attacks on Lebweh and other predominantly-Shiite villages in the area.
In response, angry protesters blocked several roads in the capital, including the Qasqas road, as well as in east and north Lebanon, declaring their solidarity with Arsal, a Sunni town that hosts some 100,000 Syrian refugees.
Shawwa, 40, was shot during the Qasqas protest and later died in hospital. Lebanese soldiers fired into the air and used teargas to disperse the protesters.
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