Mourners outraged at army’s funeral
harassment
Bsharri residents were
“angry” after the army arrested 10 university
students affiliated with the banned Lebanese Forces (LF)
after they participated in the funeral of a colleague
in the town of Bsharri, a member of the group said Wednesday.
They were all released later the same night, he added.
The group was attending a Mass to pray for Toni Keyrouz,
aged 23, who was shot dead in the United States during
an armed robbery. Some 3,000 people from the town of Bsharri,
hometown of both Keyrouz and detained LF leader Samir
Geagea, attended the Mass in the town’s biggest
church, Saint Saba. Those paying their respects included
friends of Keyrouz and LF members. A large convoy of cars
took Keyrouz’s body Tuesday from Saydet al-Maounat
Hospital (Our Lady of Salvation) in Jbeil to Bsharri.
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