Richard Kouyoumjian, head of the foreign relations department of the Lebanese Forces, on Tuesday, accused the “Shiite Duo” of creating an adequate environment for the proliferation of illegal weapons.
In an interview with an online media, he considered that “Hezbollah supporters, are thugs in the street.”
This group wants to control an area in which it has no influence,” Kouyoumjian said, stressing that “this reality is created by Hezbollah”.
Kouyoumjian’s comments come in the wake of an incident that took place on Saturday, in Burj Hammoud. Two people were wounded in a dispute that escalated into heavy gunfire. A young man later died in the hospital, after suffering a head shot.
The clash comes a day after a sectarian dispute in which a group of youths chanted “Shiia Shiia” in front of a “Tashnag” party office.
On Sunday, another dispute in the “Madi Neighborhood” in Beirut’s southern suburbs escalated into an exchange of gunfire, resulting in the injury of a Hezbollah liaison, Samir Kabbani.
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Kabbani, who was in the area to try to address the issue, suffered a head wound and died a few hours later.
In a speech, on Monday, Hezbollah Secretary-General, Hassan Nasrallah, commented on the Madi neighborhood incident. He stated that his group had an agreement with Amal to refer to the Lebanese judiciary on the matter. “The investigation is the responsibility of the Lebanese Army and the guilty party will be handed over to them.”
