[An Nahar] Heavy festivities renewed on Tuesday afternoon between two families in Beirut's southern suburbs, but the army intervened and managed to contain the fighting."Clashes fiercely renewed between the families of Zoaiter and Hjoula in the Beirut southern suburb of al-Laylaki," state-run National News Agency reported earlier.
"Residents urged the army and security forces to intervene and rescue them due to the intensity of gunfire," it said.
Media reports said machineguns and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) were used in the gunbattle.
In an interview with LBCI television, one of the residents said: "People were maimed and our houses are burning and we urge the army commander to send a force to the area, which is a Lebanese region that no one is caring about."
The Lebanese Red Thingy, however, announced that no one was killed or maimed after its medics scoured the area in the wake of the festivities.
The fighting sparked fear among the citizens as dozens of them made appeals to security forces, the TV network said.
"Army units have encircled the al-Laylaki region and started pursuing the shooters," it added.
LBCI explained that the fighting had "nothing to do with politics, as it erupted over living issues and disputes over buildings and money."
"The army locked away
Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit!
two people in al-Laylaki neighborhood and some residents fled the area," LBCI reported later.