A fistfight erupted Wednesday at the ABC mall in Ashrafieh after a number of young Lebanese Armenian men tried to stop the showing of the Turkish film Son Mektup at a Grand Cinemas movie theater.

Despite the objections, the show went on as scheduled, in the presence of the Turkish ambassador, MTV reported.

The protest was organized by the Tashnag Party, the biggest Armenian party in Lebanon, which described its move as a “peaceful rally.”

“The sit-in escalated into a stampede and a brawl between the protesters and those who came to watch the movie,” LBCI television said.

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