An Arab Democratic Party official was shot dead on Thursday in the Lebanese city of Tripoli Thursday morning in the area of al-Mina.

An Arab Democratic Party official was shot dead on Thursday in the Lebanese city of Tripoli Thursday morning in the area of al-Mina.

Abdul Rahman Diab, a Jabal Mohsen resident known as Aboudi Nwasi, was shot by an unidentified motorcyclist.

As news broke out about Diab's murder, gunmen from the rival neighborhoods of Jabal Mohsen and Bab al-Tabbaneh engaged in sniper attacks.

At least four people were injured in the clashes.

The army blocked the highway that links Tripoli with the northern district of Akkar after the sniper activity.