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Medics said 70 people were injured in renewed clashes between protesters and police in Lebanon's capital Sunday, taking the toll of wounded from two days of violence to nearly 450. Unprecedented protests have rocked the country since October 17, with citizens from all religious backgrounds demanding the ouster of a political class they view as inept, corrupt and responsible for an ever deepening economic crisis.

On Sunday evening, hundreds of protesters gathered in the rain in central Beirut by a barricaded road that leads to parliament amid heavily deployed security forces. For a second night in a row, dozens started lobbing stones in the direction of police behind a metal barricade, crying "revolution, revolution". Anti-riot forces responded with water canons, as well as rubber bullets and a round of tear gas, an AFP reporter said.

The Red Cross said that 70 people had been wounded, including 30 taken to hospital, as a result of the renewed clashes. The state-run National News Agency said two journalists were hit by rubber bullets, one a cameraman from local television channel Al-Jadeed.

The majority of protesters huddled in rain coats or bright waterproof ponchos, with some clutching umbrellas.

Earlier, a 34-year-old protester called Mazen said he and others were "fed up with politicians". "After three months of revolution, they have proven to us that they don't change, don't listen, and have nothing to give," he said.

On Saturday, at least 377 people were wounded - both protesters and members of the security forces - according to a toll compiled by AFP from figures provided by the Red Cross and Civil Defence. An AFP photographer at the scene said security forces fired rubber bullets at stone-throwing protesters as thick clouds of tear gas covered central Beirut. On Sunday, local television aired the testimonies of relatives of two young men they said were hit in the eyes by rubber bullets.

Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2020

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