Clashes took place between the Lebanese security forces and protesters this evening in front of the parliament in downtown Beirut.
According to the National Media Agency, protesters tried to enter the Najma Square to sit in front of the House of Representatives, and they had removed the iron barriers but the security forces personnel returned her to her place. There was tension in which tear gas was fired, while some protesters took out the plantation basins and all their hands and placed them as a barrier between them and the security elements.
The tear gas bombs resulted in a number of persons being injured by the Lebanese Red Cross, who were fainted.
Meanwhile, Lebanese media reported that people were wounded during the confrontations, amid reports that a number of young men were arrested.
Earlier, the Lebanese police said, in a statement, that the riot police were attacked and throwing stones and firecrackers by supporters of Hezbollah and the Amal movement, forcing them to launch tear gas to disperse them.
Supporters of the Amal movement and Hizbullah set fire to the rubber tires, and threw them towards the security forces in central Beirut, while others tried to storm the Martyrs Square.
In its statement, the Lebanese police demanded an end to the attack on its forces, threatening to take more aggressive measures against the aggressors.
This comes as the entrances leading to the Riad al-Solh and Shuhada squares in downtown Beirut witness an intense deployment of the security forces.
The demonstrators had called for a protest pause this evening in front of the parliament two days before the date of the parliamentary consultations, Monday; to demand the appointment of a prime minister from outside the political class, and the formation of a government of non-partisan personalities and specialists.