Hundreds injured in Lebanon as violence flares in ‘week of anger’

Pitched battles between police and demonstrators as leaders fail to form new government

Protesters hurled fireworks and ripped branches from trees to use against security forces who fired rubber bullets and teargas during the most violent weekend of protests in Beirut since the beginning of mass anti-government demonstrations across Lebanon three months ago.

Lebanese medical groups said at least 377 people were injured on Saturday, including 80 who were taken to hospital, during the culmination of days of unrest that organisers called a "week of anger" after a relative lull.