[An Nahar] The corpse count from the festivities in 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...
rose to six on Monday and the fighting intensified in the evening despite a reported army plan to impose a ceasefire.
"The fighting frontiers in Tripoli are witnessing fierce festivities and the sounds of RPG kabooms are echoing heavily in the city, while army units are continuing to respond to the sources of fire," state-run National News Agency reported.
Earlier, a security source told Agence La Belle France Presse that six people have been killed in four days of fighting.
"Three people, a woman and two men, were killed in heavy festivities overnight in which heavy artillery and rockets were used," the source told AFP.
The three were from the Bab al-Tabbaneh neighborhood, whose residents regularly clash with those in the adjacent district of Jabal Mohsen.
A fourth person maimed in fighting on Sunday died of their wounds on Monday.
In addition, two people from Jabal Mohsen were killed on Monday, including one shot by a sniper, the source said.
The source said at least 45 people were also maimed in the festivities which erupted on Friday when a Jabal Mohsen man was rubbed out in nearby al-Qobbeh.
Meanwhile,
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Tripoli MP Mohammed Kabbara, who is a member of al-Mustaqbal
... the Future Movement, political party led by Saad Hariri...
bloc, announced that political contacts in the afternoon led to a security plan under which the army would start redeploying in the city starting 6:00 p.m. in a bid to impose a ceasefire.
"It will start in al-Qobbeh and then Jabal Mohsen and the deployment will be completed at 6:00 a.m. in Bab al-Tabbaneh and the rest of areas," said Kabbara.
The politician urged "all residents to deal positively with the measures that will be implemented by the army," stressing that "security chaos in Tripoli only serves the enemies of the city."
He called on residents to foil the plots of "anyone seeking to harm their city."
For its part, LBCI television said "the army will deploy in al-Baqqar, al-Riva, al-Qobbeh and Jabal Mohsen and would complete its plan by deploying in Bab al-Tabbaneh and Syria Street should the plan's first phase succeed."
For his part, al-Mustaqbal bloc MP Samir al-Jisr said "these festivities started when two men were shot -- the first from the Assi family of Jabal Mohsen and the second from Deir Amar," noting that "the first man died of his wounds and the second is recovering."