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| Army deployed in North Lebanon after gunfight |
| 2007-11-29 |
| The Lebanese army has been deployed in Tripoli to try prevent further clashes between gunmen from opposition and pro-government groups. Fighting broke out on Tuesday between a newly-formed group loyal to parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri and a local Islamist group. A member of the pro-Syrian Islamic Unification Movement (IUM) died during the fighting, police said. It comes amid a sharp political crisis and fears of a return to civil strife. IUM and Tripoli Brigades members exchanged automatic fire in the Abi Samra neighbourhood in the northern port city. In all seven people were wounded during the clash. Reports say a second man, from the pro-government Tripoli Brigades, died of his injuries later in hospital, but this has not been confirmed. Security sources are quoted saying the bloodshed occurred near the IUM's headquarters and was sparked by a dispute between two men. |
| Posted by:Fred |