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Saturday, October 7, 2006 (Beirut):

Police clashed with hundreds of rioters protesting attempts to demolish illegal housing in a southern suburb of Beirut.

One person was killed and at least 16 were wounded.

Police said residents hurled stones and blocked the streets with burning tires and trash Friday when officers arrived to enforce a government order to remove illegal shacks in the southern districts, which are a stronghold of the Islamic militant Hezbollah.

Armed men in the crowd began shooting, prompting officers to return fire, a police spokesman said. Rioters damaged three police vehicles, he said.

A preliminary investigation showed a teenage boy killed during the clash was hit by two bullets fired at close range from two different weapons, according to a police statement.

Twelve members of the security forces were among the wounded, police said.

Four civilians, including cameramen for the Hezbollah-run Al-Manar TV channel, were also wounded.

Television footage showed young men and women ducking for cover amid the sound of gunfire.

Children wounded

Two wounded children with their bodies soaked in blood, were carried away by residents to a hospital.

The city's southern districts are a stronghold of Hezbollah, the political party and militant group that was targeted by Israel during its 34-day offensive in Lebanon in July and August.

Israeli aircraft inflicted massive damage on parts of the southern suburbs, leveling entire blocks around suspected offices and homes of Hezbollah officials as hundreds of thousands of residents fled the area.

However, the area where the riot took place yesterday was not among the hard-hit neighbourhoods. (AP)




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