Riot police disperse Beirut anti-government protesters

Riot police disperse Beirut anti-government protesters 30 Aug 2015 6:45 AM Riot police have broken up an anti-government protest in Beirut where at least 10,000 people had gathered to demonstrate against a services crisis. The police chased men and women from the city’s Riad al-Solh square shortly after 10pm, beating both men and women as they cleared the area. Several protesters were arrested. The demonstrators had gathered in downtown Beirut to call for the resignation of officials responsible for the current waste crisis and for new elections. The police earlier had called for peaceful protesters to move from the square after protesters set fire to rubbish and began climbing through a barbed-wire barricade.