A refugee camp in Lebanon was completely burned down by locals.
Previously, there should have been a dispute over shop opening times.
After an argument, locals burn down a
refugee camp in Lebanon
completely.
Lebanese media report
gunshots and exploding gas cylinders
.
The arsonists were apparently
members of the Mir clan
.
Beirut - There
is almost nothing left of the
camp for refugees in the
Lebanese province of Minja
.
Hundreds of Syrians
lost their makeshift homes to the flames.
The state agency
NNA
reports that young people set the tents on fire on Saturday evening
.
Lebanon: Clan members burn down refugee camp after a dispute - the reason is incredible
Apparently, this was preceded by a dispute between camp residents and a local family.
These are said to be members of the local
Mir clan
, reports local media.
According to Lebanese police, six Syrians and several Lebanese, including a member of the Mir family, were arrested in connection with the incident.
The argument began for an incredible reason.
Young clan members
wanted to shop in a store in the warehouse, describes TV broadcaster
LBCI
.
The shop was actually already closed, so the locals would have
forced the Syrians
to open it.
Then one of the Lebanese is said to have
insulted a Syrian girl
.
Conflict in the refugee home gets out of hand: shots are fired - camp in flames
The argument escalated.
Shots
were fired.
The camp went up in flames.
The
fire
is said to have spread furiously in the tent city.
Lebanese media report
exploding gas bottles
.
The army confirms the incidents and also speaks of a "personal argument".
Only after about four hours did the fire brigade get the fire under controls.
Too late for most of the camp.
All that remains of the camp is rubble and ashes.
According to the UN, around
75 families lived
in the emergency shelter.
You are now homeless again.
Locals burn down tent city: Grand Mufti strongly condemns act - "Must support refugees"
“A heinous crime.” The
Sunni Grand Mufti of Lebanon
, Sheikh Abdul Latif Derian, condemned the act sharply.
Those responsible should be held accountable, he demands of the authorities.
"The
Syrian refugees in Lebanon
are guests," he told the state agency
NNA
, "we have to support them until they can return to their home country." The civil war has been raging in Syria since 2011.
Almost 1.5 million people are said to have fled to Lebanon, according to government taxes.
A
devastating fire broke out
in the Moria refugee camp
on the island of Lesbos in the late summer of this year
.
There is also a terrible suspicion as to the cause.
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