Summary
The small Aley town remained in visible shock several hours after an exchange of gunfire between a convoy carrying Minister of State for Refugee Affairs Saleh al-Gharib and local supporters of the Progressive Socialist Party.
The tragic events started as a peaceful attempt to prevent a convoy carrying Free Patriotic Leader Gebran Bassil from passing through Qabr Shmoun, local eyewitnesses said.
"The convoy arrived and people were already protesting and burning tires," A.M., a member of the Progressive Socialist Party's youth wing, told The Daily Star.
A.M., who asked that his name be withheld, lives in the nearby village of Baysour but was visiting Qabr Shmoun for an event in the town.
A.M. added that if the protesters had known the convoy belonged to Gharib, they would have allowed it to pass.
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