BAALBEK, Lebanon: The rival Awada and Ismail clans clashed overnight using automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades in the eastern city of Baalbek, a day after the city's mayor was attacked, security sources said Tuesday.
The sources told The Daily Star that the confrontation began when a member of the Awada clan opened fire on Sobhi Ismail’s house in Hay al-Masihiya around midnight.
Members of the Ismail family responded by firing RPGs at the house of Baalbek mayor Mohammad Awada, who was shot early Monday in his legs. His home is located in the Baalbek town of Douris. Exchanges of gunfire ensued for about 45 minutes.
No one was hurt in the clashes, which ended after the Lebanese Army intervened.
The mayor was shot and wounded Monday by gunmen believed to be from the Ismail clan in what appeared to be an act of revenge over a shooting incident last year, the sources told The Daily Star.
He was still in the hospital recovering from the gunshot wounds to his legs. Awada was accused of being behind a July incident that left two members of the Ismail clan seriously wounded.
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