DENMARK - Danish embassy in Beirut torched

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Sunday, 5 February 2006,

10:45 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Danish

embassy in Beirut torched

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Danish

embassy in Syria was attacked on Saturday

 

 

 

Lebanese

protesters have set the Danish embassy in Beirut on fire in protest at the

publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.

Thousands of people rallied outside the building and security

forces fired tear gas in an attempt to keep them at bay.

But smoke was later seen rising from the building housing the

Danish mission after demonstrators broke into it.

On Saturday, Syrian protesters angered by the cartoons, torched

the Danish and Norwegian embassies in Damascus.

Denmark and Norway condemned Syria for failing to

stop the attacks and urged their citizens to leave the country.

The demonstration in Beirut descended into

violence when Islamic extremists tried to break through security barriers

protecting the embassy.

Some 2,000 army troops and riot police used tear gas and water

cannons to disperse them and fired their weapons into the air.

But the onslaught continued and the embassy building was set

ablaze.

Witnesses said at least 10 injured people were taken away in

ambulances, the AP news agency reported.

There were also reports of damage to property in a Christian

area of the city.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4682560.stm

 

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