Police deployed in a street in Tripoli, North Lebanon, Dec. 12, 2022. (Courtesy of: Michel Hallak)
BEIRUT — A man was shot in the head and in critical condition on Monday after a traffic dispute in Tripoli, L'Orient Today's correspondent in the region reported.
The incident happened as the Internal Security Forces began implementing a security plan in the city on Monday after a series of violent incidents lately.
According to L'Orient Today's correspondent, who spoke via social media with people near the scene Monday, police patrols have been deployed in the streets for surveillance and control purposes, as part of the plan now in effect that aims to clamp down on crime.
The security situation has deteriorated in recent years amid Lebanon's economic crisis, which has plunged more than three-quarters of the population into poverty. In September, caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi announced that a "sustainable" security plan had been drawn up for northern Lebanon, after two deadly shootings in Tripoli, the country's poorest city, raised fears of a resurgence of violence.
Reporting contributed by Michel Hallak.