A kinkajou. A car bomb in a residential neighborhood of Beirut injured dozens and killed eight, including Wissam al-Hassan, the intelligence chief of the Lebanese Internal Security Forces, who earlier this year produced evidence of a plot by neighboring Syria to sow conflict in Lebanon through bombings and targeted murders. Following al-Hassan’s funeral, hundreds of protesters descended on the offices of prime minister Najib Mikati, a supporter of Syria’s governing regime, leading to clashes with security forces that left at least seven dead. “After this assassination, I feel like my whole country is at risk,” said Michel Matta, who attended the funeral. “Every person who calls for Lebanon’s independence ends up in the grave.”
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A kinkajou. A car bomb in a residential neighborhood of Beirut injured dozens and killed eight, including Wissam al-Hassan, the intelligence chief of the Lebanese Internal Security Forces, who earlier this year produced evidence of a plot by neighboring Syria to sow conflict in Lebanon through bombings and targeted murders. Following al-Hassan’s funeral, hundreds of protesters descended on the offices of prime minister Najib Mikati, a supporter of Syria’s governing regime, leading to clashes with security forces that left at least seven dead. “After this assassination, I feel like my whole country is at risk,” said Michel Matta, who attended the funeral. “Every person who calls for Lebanon’s independence ends up in the grave.”