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The assassination of security chief Wissam al-Hassan provokes protests

by Sam Tarling
On Sunday, October 21, 2012, a group of demonstrators who had been attending the funeral of Wissam al-Hassan at Martyrs' Square broke away and attempted to storm past police lines guarding the Lebanese government building at the Serail [Photo: Executive/Sam Tarling]
Protesters were demanding the resignation of the Prime Minister Najib Mikati [Photo: Executive/Sam Tarling]
They threw sticks and other objects at the police and the army [Photo: Executive/Sam Tarling]
Police used tear gas to disperse the crowd [Photo: Executive/Sam Tarling]
[Photo: Executive/Sam Tarling]
A man gasps for air after inhaling tear gas [Photo: Executive/Sam Tarling]
A gas canister explodes next to a protester [Photo: Executive/Sam Tarling]
[Photo: Executive/Sam Tarling]
Protesters drag an injured woman away from the frontline [Photo: Executive/Sam Tarling]
[Photo: Executive/Sam Tarling]
[Photo: Executive/Sam Tarling]
[Photo: Executive/Sam Tarling]
[Photo: Executive/Sam Tarling]
[Photo: Executive/Sam Tarling]

 

On Sunday, October 21, 2012, a group of demonstrators who had been attending the funeral of Wissam al-Hassan at Martyrs’ Square broke away and attempted to storm past police lines guarding the Lebanese government building at the Serail [Photo: Executive/Sam Tarling]

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Sam Tarling

Sam Tarling was Executive's photographer from 2010 until January 2014. During that period he covered conflicts across the Middle East.
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