Protestors attack UN HQ in Beirut after Qana deaths
July 30, 2006
Lebanonwire
Protestors attack UN HQ in Beirut after Qana deaths
BEIRUT - Angry protestors attacked and broke into the United Nations headquarters in Beirut on Sunday after Israeli raids on the Lebanese village of Qana killed at least 51, AFP correspondents said.
The demonstrators hurled stones at the building and smashed windows with rocks and iron bars before penetrating the building from the main door, they said.
The protestors burned curtains and destroyed furniture inside the building, they said.
“Feltman out now!” they shouted in unison, in reference to US Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman.
A UN employee told AFP that the UN staff in the building had sought refuge in an underground basement.
Copyright 2005 AFP.
