Lebanese judge charges dozens over fatal Beirut clashes

FILE PHOTO: Supporters of the Shi'ite Amal Movement carry the coffin of a man who was killed in violence in Beirut, during his funeral in Nmairiyeh village, southern Lebanon October 15, 2021. REUTERS/Aziz Taher/File Photo

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Lebanese judge on Monday charged 68 people including 18 detainees with murder and incitement to sectarian strife over fatal clashes this month in Beirut, Lebanon's National News agency said.

Seven followers of Lebanon's Shiite Iran-backed Hezbollah group and its ally, the Amal Movement, were killed on Oct. 14 in the worst street violence in Beirut in over a decade.