The Lebanese Army issued a statement on Sunday in which it said that a citizen was killed in a clash which took place near the Iranian Embassy in Beirut, as demonstrators arrived to the region to protest the Syrian developments.

The Lebanese Army issued a statement on Sunday in which it said that a citizen was killed in a clash which took place near the Iranian Embassy in Beirut, as demonstrators arrived to the region to protest the Syrian developments.

“Today noon, as a convoy, related to a certain political side, arrived to Beer Hasan to protest near the Iranian embassy the developments in Syria, a clash took place between individuals in the convoy and some citizens. An individual opened fire from a gun, which led to the immediate death of one citizen,” the statement said.

“In result, the Army deployed in the region intervened to separate the crowd and restore stability; and it is still tracing the citizen who opened fire in order to arrest him,” it added.