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#BREAKING One killed, eight injured by gunfire at Beirut blast protest: hospital

#UPDATE Gunfire killed two people and wounded 12 at a #Beirut rally organised by the Shiite Hezbollah and Amal movements Thursday to demand the dismissal of the Beirut blast lead investigator, a doctor said u.afp.com/wk5q

VIDEO: 🇱🇧 Gunshots are heard in #Beirut as members of the Lebanese army mobilise in the streets of the capital after clashes erupted following protests against the judge investigating Beirut blast, killing three and injuring 20

VIDEO: 🇱🇧 The Lebanese army are deployed in #Beirut as gunfire exchanges turn the capital into a war zone a few blocks from the Justice Palace, where hundreds of protesters had gathered to demand the removal of judge Tarek Bitar, the lead investigator in the port blast

#UPDATE Tank deployments and exchanges of gunfire turned #Beirut into a war zone on Thursday, with at least three people killed, after a demonstration organised by Shiite parties against the lead port blast investigator turned violent u.afp.com/wk57

#UPDATE Four people were killed and 20 wounded by gunfire at a #Beirut rally organised by the Shiite Hezbollah and Amal movements Thursday to demand the dismissal of the lead investigator into last year's port blast u.afp.com/wk5q

#UPDATE Six people were killed and 30 wounded by gunfire at a #Beirut rally Thursday organised by the Shiite Hezbollah and Amal movements to demand the dismissal of the lead investigator into last year's port blast u.afp.com/wk5q

#UPDATE Heavy fighting claimed at least six lives and left dozens wounded in Lebanon's capital #Beirut Thursday as an escalation of tensions around last year's massive portside explosion turned parts of the city into a warzone u.afp.com/wkcA