Clashes between pro- and anti-Syrian regime gunmen on Saturday killed
at least 10 people and wounded 31 others in the northern Lebanese
city of Tripoli, a security official said.
Among the dead were a woman and her son, killed by a rocket in the
Bab al-Tebbaneh district, a mostly Sunni Muslim community which
supports Syria´s anti-regime opposition, the official said.
At least five were wounded in Jabal Mohsen, an area mainly populated
by pro-Damascus Alawites.
Sporadic gun and rocket fire broke out at midnight and continued
through the night, forcing some residents of the port city to flee
their homes.
The army and police were later being deployed in Tripoli, the source
said.
Sectarian violence has flared on a number of occasions in Tripoli
since the revolt broke out in neighbouring Syria in March last year,
including deadly street battles in May.
