People walk past damaged ATM machines as they leave the Credit Libanais bank in Beirut, Lebanon January 16, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
BEIRUT (Reuters) - An upsurge of violence in Lebanon's protests against the ruling elite, with police meting out beatings and protesters hurling stones, has alarmed rights groups and whipped up public fury.
After a brief lull in largely peaceful protests since October, people filled the streets again this week, angry at a political class that has steered Lebanon into its worst economic crisis since a 1975-1990 civil war.
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