<p>Gunfire killed six people and wounded 30 at a Beirut rally organised by the Shiite Hezbollah and Amal movements Thursday to demand the dismissal of the lead investigator into last year's port blast.</p>.<p>Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi told a press conference that the death toll had climbed to six.</p>.<p>He said that some of the victims where shot in the head.</p>.<p>The deaths include a 24-year-old woman who was hit in the head by a stray bullet while inside her home, a doctor at the Sahel hospital in Beirut's southern suburbs told <em>AFP</em>.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/beirut-blast-bereaved-hold-symbolic-funeral-to-demand-justice-1017725.html" target="_blank">Beirut blast bereaved hold symbolic funeral to demand justice</a></strong></p>.<p>The Lebanese Red Cross put the number of wounded at at least 30.</p>.<p>AFP correspondents in the area heard heavy gunfire.</p>.<p>Lebanese television broadcast images of men carrying rifles and heavy weaponry.</p>.<p>The army reported "bursts of gunfire in the area of Tayouneh - Badaro," a largely residential area of Beirut.</p>.<p>"The army rushed to cordon off the area and deploy in its neighbourhoods and their entrance. Patrols started as did the search for the shooters to detain them," it said.</p>.<p>In a follow-up statement, the military warned that it would open fire at anyone firing live rounds, calling on civilians to evacuate the area.</p>.<p>Prime Minister Najib Mikati called for calm to be restored and warned against attempts to drag Lebanon into violence.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
<p>Gunfire killed six people and wounded 30 at a Beirut rally organised by the Shiite Hezbollah and Amal movements Thursday to demand the dismissal of the lead investigator into last year's port blast.</p>.<p>Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi told a press conference that the death toll had climbed to six.</p>.<p>He said that some of the victims where shot in the head.</p>.<p>The deaths include a 24-year-old woman who was hit in the head by a stray bullet while inside her home, a doctor at the Sahel hospital in Beirut's southern suburbs told <em>AFP</em>.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/beirut-blast-bereaved-hold-symbolic-funeral-to-demand-justice-1017725.html" target="_blank">Beirut blast bereaved hold symbolic funeral to demand justice</a></strong></p>.<p>The Lebanese Red Cross put the number of wounded at at least 30.</p>.<p>AFP correspondents in the area heard heavy gunfire.</p>.<p>Lebanese television broadcast images of men carrying rifles and heavy weaponry.</p>.<p>The army reported "bursts of gunfire in the area of Tayouneh - Badaro," a largely residential area of Beirut.</p>.<p>"The army rushed to cordon off the area and deploy in its neighbourhoods and their entrance. Patrols started as did the search for the shooters to detain them," it said.</p>.<p>In a follow-up statement, the military warned that it would open fire at anyone firing live rounds, calling on civilians to evacuate the area.</p>.<p>Prime Minister Najib Mikati called for calm to be restored and warned against attempts to drag Lebanon into violence.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>