BAALBEK: Two militants of the powerful Shiite Hezbollah movement were killed on Saturday in a firefight with members of a Sunni clan in eastern Lebanon, a security official said.

“Members of the Shiite (Sunni) family opened fire at a Hezbollah checkpoint in the centre of Baalbek, provoking militants to return fire,” the official said.

“The incident let to clashes that killed two Hezbollah members and wounded five people,” the official added.