Lebanon: Gunmen attack funeral procession

Gunmen opened fire on a funeral procession today in a Sunni neighbourhood of Beirut killing two and wounding six, a day after Shiite gunmen swept through the Lebanese capital’s Muslim sector, police said.

The shooting in the neighbourhood of Tarik Jadideh underlined the state of lawlessness that has engulfed the Lebanese capital’s Muslim sector since sectarian fighting erupted on Wednesday resulting in Hezbollah’s takeover of neighbourhoods from Sunnis loyal to the US-backed government.