Hezbollah, gunmen exchange fire in Beirut suburbs

Published August 20th, 2013 - 06:32 GMT
The Hezbollah flag is seen in the suburbs of Beirut. (AFP/File)
The Hezbollah flag is seen in the suburbs of Beirut. (AFP/File)

Gunmen in a speeding car opened fire on a Hezbollah security checkpoint in a Beirut suburb early Tuesday morning and Hezbollah fighters manning the post returned fire, security sources said.

It was not immediately clear whether anyone was hurt in the 2 a.m. attack in the southern suburb neighborhood of Hay Farhat, added the sources.

They said gunmen in an Infiniti SUV with tinted glass opened fire on a Hezbollah checkpoint set up after Thursday's devastating car bomb attack which killed 30 people and wounded more than 300 in Ruwaiss, a southern suburb of Beirut.

The suburbs have been on high alert since the attack, with checkpoints set up at most entrances to the Hezbollah controlled areas.

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