(BEIRUT) — Lebanese security forces fired tear gas and water cannons at Lebanese anti-government protesters in Beirut on Thursday, injuring three dozen people and six riot policemen, according to the Lebanese Red Cross.
Protesters are angry with widely perceived corruption and the government’s failure to provide public services, such as trash pickup on Beirut’s streets.
The activist group ‘You Stink’ started the movement months ago in response to the widely reported trash crisis, which began when residents south of Beirut barricaded a landfill to complain of toxic fumes.
