Lebanese Shia and Sunni groups traded machine gun fire and grenades in Beirut yesterday, killing three people and wounding several others just blocks from a busy downtown packed with tourists at this time of the year.
Lebanese soldiers cordoned off the area and prevented journalists from entering, but the crackle of sniper fire and popping of rocket propelled grenades was audible for hours.Gunmen stood on the corners and peering down alleyways in the neighbourhood while families ran for cover. Ambulances rushed to the scene and an elderly man was loaded into a stretcher clutching his neck, while another was covered in blood and not moving.
The shootout erupted between the Shia Hezbollah and the conservative Sunni Al Ahbash group following a fight outside a mosque in the mixed residential area of Bourj Abu Haidar, security officials said. A joint statement issued later by the two groups said the incident resulted from a “personal dispute and has no political or sectarian background.”
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