TRIPOLI, Lebanon: A motorist threw a stun grenade near a hotel facing Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s residence in Tripoli, a security source told The Daily Star Tuesday.
“An explosion was heard at the Dam Wal Farz district around 8 p.m. in close proximity to the Quality Inn hotel which faces the residence of Mikati,” the source added.
“After the blast Internal Security Forces and the Lebanese Army launched patrols and set mobile and fixed checkpoints on the road leading to the Rashid Karami International Exhibition and on the highway west of the exhibition center until the Salam roundabout.”
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