Suspected salafi extremists hurled grenades at two more establishments in Lebanon’s northern city of Tripoli Thursday that serve food during Ramadan fasting hours, one day after four people were wounded in a similar attack.
A security source told Al-Akhbar that a hand grenade was tossed at a cafe located in the Ibn Sina street of Tripoli’s Qibbeh neighborhood Thursday morning after the dawn prayer where some people were having breakfast.
Earlier, assailants also tossed a hand grenade near a popular bakery in the neighborhood of Tal, behind the popular ABC shopping center, the source added.
No injuries were reported in either attack, but there was some material damage.
The Internal Security Forces (ISF) had been tipped off about other cafes that the assailants were planning to target and hurried to warn the owners of potential attacks, the source said.
The attacks come one day after four people were injured in a similar grenade attack on an outdoor cafe in the Bab al-Tabbaneh neighborhood.
Tripoli is home to a large salafi community that has been issuing threats against cafes and restaurants that serve food during Ramadan fasting hours.
Tripoli’s mayor Nader al-Ghazzal distributed a memo asking “all cafes and restaurants to respect this holy month… by not publicly displaying food.”
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