A senior American official in Washington said that the Lebanese military appeared to have been responsible for starting the gunfire.
A senior American official in Washington said that, based on what had been learned so far, the Lebanese military appeared to have been responsible for starting the gunfire.
After the gunfire started, the protesters temporarily scattered, though some returned, chanting "Peaceful, Peaceful" and "There is no God but Allah".
Ms. Simone, who had a young son, according to a neighbor, was either leaving or returning to her apartment at 368 Eastern Parkway about 5 30 p.m. when the gunfire started, the police said.
When you started the engine, you heard the sound of horses' hooves and gunfire.
Sheikh recalled: "At 3am the call for prayer started, and all the gunfire stopped.
We just started hearing gunfire.
The gunfire started at dawn.
"About 10 minutes later, the gunfire started," he said.
Then I lost sight of him and the gunfire started again".
