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Six people were killed and 176 wounded in
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Government supporters and opposition followers have exchanged fire in northern Lebanon, witnesses said on Wednesday.
Security forces were trying to break up the clash in the northern city of Tripoli, which started after the funeral of a Sunni Muslim government supporter killed in clashes with opposition protesters on Tuesday.
Thousands had packed the streets of the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon’s second largest city, for the funeral of Bilal Hayek. "Sunni blood is boiling," chanted the mourners, some of them armed.
There was no immediate word of casualties.
The opposition launched a country-wide protest on Tuesday which shut down much of Lebanon and sparked violence in which six people were killed and 176 wounded.
The opposition wants veto power in government and early parliamentary elections to topple the cabinet of Fuad Siniora, the Lebanese prime minister.
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Al Jazeera and agencies
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