Clashes between Lebanese police and protesters have wounded at least 220 people in Beirut
Fireworks are set off in front of police officers standing in position behind riot shields during a protest against a ruling elite accused of steering Lebanon towards economic crisis in Beirut, Lebanon on January 18, 2020
The protest movement rocking Lebanon since October 17 revived this week as a deepening economic crisis increases pressure to form a new government. The violence began after dozens of protesters -- some concealing their faces in scarves -- threw rocks and large plant pots at police guarding the road leading up to parliament.Security forces behind the barricades responded with water cannon and tear gas to disperse the crowds.The National News Agency said demonstrators also vandalised bank facades in central Beirut, and television showed a fire of an unknown origin tearing through protest tents on the main square.
"I'm here because after more than 90 days in the streets, they're still squabbling over their shares in government... It's as i f they didn't see our movement," she told AFP.Forming a cabinet is an often convoluted process in Lebanon, where a complex system seeks to maintain balance between the country's many political parties and religious confessions.
This week public anger has been directed at banks, with branches in the capital's Hamra district vandalised following widely unpopular limits on withdrawals and transfers.
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