Protesters try to storm Lebanese prime minister's office after slain anti-Assad intelligence chief's funeral

Lebanese policemen fire tear gas during clashes with angry protesters in Beirut

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BEIRUT — Violence erupted in downtown Beirut on Sunday as protesters tried to storm the offices of Prime Minister Najib Mikati after the funeral of an assassinated intelligence chief whose death they blame on Syria.

Security forces shot into the air and police fired tear gas to repulse the hundreds of protesters who overturned barriers and threw stones and steel rods, witnesses said.

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