Two people have been killed, including a 10-year-old girl, in the Lebanese city of Tripoli in the latest fighting linked to tensions over the war in neighbouring Syria.
After several weeks of relative calm, clashes broke out between Alawites in the city's Jabal Mohsen district and Sunnis in the neighbouring Bab al-Tebbaneh area on Thursday in which 14 other people were hurt.
Residents of Jabal Mohsen are co-religionists and supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, while their neighbours back the largely Sunni-led rebellion against his regime.
Media said one of the victims was said to be a Sunni, married to an Alawite woman and living in Jabal Mohsen.
The source said the 32-year-old man was shot four times in the chest by two hooded men on a motor scooter and rushed to hospital, where he died.
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That incident touched off rocket and automatic arms fire between the two neighbourhoods, with the army reportedly shooting at the sources of fire.
During the clashes, the girl was hit and killed.
Since 2008, in hostility which dates back to before the outbreak of war in Syria, more than 200 people have died in fighting between Alawites and Sunnis.
