BEIRUT - A least 59 people have been killed in six days of violence across Lebanon between government and opposition supporters, the worst sectarian fighting since the 1975-1990 civil war, security officials told AFP on Monday.
"From the day the unrest started last Wednesday, 58 people have been killed and 189 wounded across the country," one security official said.
Shortly afterwards, another security official in the northern city of Tripoli said one man had died on Monday and four people were wounded in renewed sectarian clashes.
The casualties also include about 13 people killed on Sunday in the Druze mountains southeast of Beirut.
Fighting between supporters of the Western-backed ruling coalition and the Hezbollah-led opposition has swiftly spread around the country, sparking fears of all-out civil war.
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05/12/2008 11:15 GMT