黎巴嫩首都衝突造成6人受傷

Lebanese security officials say at least six people have been wounded in clashes in southern Beirut, amid rising tensions following the assassination of a top security official.

Soldiers and tanks were deployed between Sunni and Shi'ite neighborhoods in the capital's Kaskas district Monday, trying to bring calm to the area.

Separate fighting in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli killed at least one person and wounded 10 others.

Meanwhile, a group of protesters has set up tents outside Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati's office, vowing to remain there until he resigns.

The sit-in began late Sunday outside the building in central Beirut. Earlier Sunday, Lebanese security forces fired their weapons into the air and used tear gas to disperse protesters who were trying to storm the building.

The demonstrators are demanding Mr. Mikati quit over the assassination of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan, a top intelligence official who died along with seven others in a car bombing Friday that many blame on the government in neighboring Syria.

Former Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri and opposition leader Walid Jumblatt have both accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of being behind the blast. Prime Minister Mikati's government is supported by Lebanon's pro-Syrian Hezbollah militia.黎巴嫩安全官員說， 一名安全部門高級官員的遇刺使黎巴嫩的緊張局勢不斷升級，在貝魯特南部發生的衝突中至少有6人受傷。

星期一，當局在首都喀斯卡斯區遜尼派和什葉派社區之間佈署了軍隊和坦克，試圖平息該地區勢態。

另外在黎巴嫩北部城市的黎波里發生的衝突中至少有一人喪生，10人受傷。與此同時一羣抗議人士在黎巴嫩總理米卡提辦公室外搭起帳篷，誓言要堅持到總理辭職爲止。

這次發生在貝魯特市中心的靜坐行動從星期日晚上開始。在此之前，黎巴嫩安全部隊向空中開槍，並使用了催淚彈試圖驅散聚集到這一辦公樓外的抗議人羣。

抗議者要求總理米卡提就高層情報官員哈桑准將遇刺一事引咎辭職。哈桑是高級情報官員，在上星期五的一次汽車爆炸事件中，他和其他七人遇難。很多人指責製造這一事件的是鄰國敘利亞政府。

黎巴嫩前總理哈里里和反對派領導人瓊布拉特都指責敘利亞總統阿薩德是爆炸事件的幕後指使者。總理米卡提的政府受到親敘利亞的黎巴嫩真主黨武裝的支持。