Beirut - A young policemen was shot dead in his car on Friday in the eastern Lebanese town of Hermel, the latest victim in a long-running family feud, a security official said.
"Corporal Anwar Mohammad Nasseredine, who was in his 20s, was killed on the spot when gunmen opened fire from their jeep as he drove through town in his private car," the official said.
"The incident was a settling of accounts in a family feud," he said.
Hermel remained tense all day Friday as members of the rival families fired at each other automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades, he added.
The official said the military and internal security forces immediately deployed throughout the area and that, by nightfall, had restored a measure of calm.