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Child dies in sectarian firefight near Beirut

Hours of fighting in a town south of Beirut left at least two dead and several injured.
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A child is among two dead after sectarian clashes erupted south of Beirut Thursday, the Lebanese news media reported. 

The firefight in the town of Khaldeh reportedly broke out between local Sunni tribes and supporters of the Shiite militant group Hezbollah in an area home to both Sunnis and Shiites. Officials told Reuters that supporters of the Iran-backed group hung religious banners commemorating Ashura, the day marking the martyrdom of Hussain ibn Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammad. 

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