The number of arrests linked to a street battle in which three people were killed in mainly Muslim west Beirut last week has risen to 10, Lebanon's army chief said in comments published on Monday.
"Army operations in the area are ongoing... and we have arrested 10 persons and not just four" as was previously reported, General Jean Kahwaji told the local Arabic-language daily As-Safir.
"What is required is that no one ignite a fire and then demand the army put it out," he was quoted as saying.
A deadly street battle shook the Burj Abi Haidar district in the Lebanese capital on August 24, pitting supporters of Shiite group Hezbollah against those of Sunni outfit Al-Ahbash, two parties with warm ties to Damascus.
Tuesday's clash, which reportedly began as a row over a parking space and escalated into a battle with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades, left three dead, including Hezbollah official Mohammed Fawaz, and 11 people wounded.