Police: Gunmen kill 2 in shooting targeting Beirut funeral procession
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Share on DiggBEIRUT, Lebanon - Police say gunmen have killed two people and wounded two others in a shooting targeting a funeral procession in a Sunni neighborhood in Beirut.
The violence comes as Lebanon is experiencing the worst sectarian strife since a 15-year civil war ended in 1990.
Saturday's shooting occurred a day after Shiite Hezbollah gunmen took over large swaths of Sunni neighborhoods in Beirut's Muslim sector.
An Associated Press photographer who saw the shooting says the attack happened while a group of 200 people headed toward a cemetery to bury a 24-year-old. The man was killed by a sniper's bullet in this week's clashes.
The shooting came as the rest of the capital appeared calmer Saturday.
