[An Nahar] Gunbattles rocked the northern city of Tripoli...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
on Wednesday, leaving one soldier dead and eight others maimed.
The festivities, which also injured four civilians, resumed in the morning after a relatively calm night as the Lebanese army came under heavy gunfire.
"Military conscript Hussein Hamad Saad died of his wounds on Wednesday afternoon," an army communique announced.
"Saad was injured while performing his duty of preserving Tripoli's security," it remarked.
In another statement, the military institution explained that a troop carrier was hit at 6:40pm with a Rocket Propelled Grenade launched by gunnies in Tripoli's al-Tabbaneh-Hay al-Bazar area in the city.
The attack left three soldiers injured, among them two with severe wounds.
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another soldier was maimed when an army vehicle came under fire at 7:35pm at the Abou Ali roundabout in the northern city.
"Gunmen positioned in Bab al-Tabbaneh's vegetable market area fired an RPG at an army patrol, wounding four troops," the communique added.
Wednesday's fighting mainly took place in the hotspots of Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen, two impoverished neighborhoods that are the scenes of frequent sectarian festivities linked to the war in Syria.
Fighters used RPGs and automatic rifles.
The army however responded to the sources of fire.
The highway linking Tripoli with the district of Akkar was blocked as schools and universities were closed amid limited traffic.
One person was killed and several others were maimed on Tuesday, raising the corpse count to seven after five days of festivities.
The gunbattles erupted last Friday when a Jabal Mohsen man was rubbed out in nearby al-Qobbeh.
Caretaker Premier
Najib Miqati, who on Wednesday held talks with Tripoli officials, told news hounds that several measures will be taken to bring back a normal life to the city's residents."We should restore the trust between the citizens and security agencies," he said.