1 Dead, Another Injured in Tripoli Fighting
One person was killed and another injured in gunbattles that rocked the northern city of Tripoli on Saturday night, the state-run National News Agency reported.
NNA said Sunday that Omar Hmaidan succumbed to his injures, while another person from the Habib family was wounded in the clashes that pitted rival families in the city's internal markets.
Several cars were torched and houses and shops were damaged by gunfire and shrapnel of rockets, the agency said.
The army contained the fighting and chased the gunmen, it said.
NNA added that the military set up checkpoints to prevent the renewal of tension.
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