Angry residents blocked a street with burning tires Wednesday in Tripoli to prevent security forces from halting illegal construction works. (Credit: Michel Hallak/L'Orient Today)
BEIRUT — Residents of the Abi Samra neighborhood of Tripoli on Wednesday created a roadblock preventing the Internal Security Forces from executing the demolition of illegal construction works taking place in the area, L’Orient Today’s correspondent in the North reported.
Here’s what we know:
• Accompanied by bulldozers, the ISF headed towards the construction site but was obstructed by residents of the area who blocked their way with burning tires to prevent them from carrying out the demolition.
• The situation created tensions as the locals currently refuse to leave the road.