Clashed between pro- and anti-government camps in Lebanon spread to the Bekaa region, where two people were wounded, local Elnashra Website reported on Thursday.
The casualties took place in the Bekaa towns of Taalabaya and Saadnayel, where gunmen were deployed in the streets, with others manning automatic rifles on rooftops, according to the report.
Protesters blocked several roads in Western Bekaa, and the Marjroad leading to Massna on the Syrian-Lebanese northern borders.
Saadnayel road and Dier Zanoun in the Baalbek region also remained closed to traffic with burning tiers, it said.
Fiercest clashes between the two camps took place on Wednesday in the west Beirut areas of Cornish Mazraa, Nwairie and Tarik Jdidi, leaving at least eight people wounded.
Roads leading to central Beirut remain closed Thursday, indicating that the situation might not cool down soon, at least not before a press conference by Hezbollah Chief Hassan Nasrallah scheduled for Thursday afternoon.
Source:Xinhua
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