A protester was shot and killed during unrest in the Lebanese city of Tripoli overnight, security and medical sources said on Tuesday, as an economic crisis brought demonstrations back onto the streets.
The man who died was in his 20s, the source said.
Clashes broke out between protesters and security forces amid a crash in the local currency and a surge in food prices.
Dozens of young men smashed the fronts of local banks and set fire to an army vehicle, as the protests turned into riots.
The army said a fire-bomb was thrown at one of its vehicles and a hand grenade was hurled at a patrol during rioting in Tripoli, lightly wounding two soldiers.
Public and private property had been attacked and banks set on fire, it stressed.
The Red Cross said its teams were working on evacuating wounded people in Lebanon’s second largest city and one of the most neglected regions in the country.
The army blamed the trouble on “a number of infiltrators” and called on peaceful protesters to quickly leave the streets, Reuters reported.
For its part, the banking association declared all banks in Tripoli shut from Tuesday until security is restored, saying banks had been targeted in “serious attacks and rioting”.