LEBANESE protesters have accused the army of torture, including electrocution, after being detained in weekend clashes with security services during demonstrations over the country’s deepening economic crisis.

The armed forces denied the allegations, claiming their investigations had found that no torture had taken place after the arrests in the southern port city of Sidon.

But lawyer for the seven detainees Lama al-Amin from the Committee for the Defence of Protesters told a different story after she was able to visit them at army intelligence headquarters.