Angry demonstrators set fire to Lebanon’s Labour Ministry in Beirut today after soldiers shot and killed five people and wounded 12 others during protests against the government’s economic policies, security and hospital officials said.

Anti-government protesters stormed Lebanon’s Labour Ministry today, hours after Lebanese soldiers shot and killed three people and wounded 12 others in clashes with stone-throwing demonstrators.

Lebanese soldiers killed three demonstrators and wounded eight others when they fired on an anti-government demonstration in the capital Beirut today.