Gunmen battled with rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons in the eastern city of Baalbek Sunday night in a drug related violence, An Nahar daily reported.
It quoted security sources as saying that the shooting took place in al-Sharawnah and Tal al-Abyad between supporters of two people from the Jaafar clan.
Security forces arrived on the scene of the incident only after the escape of the gunmen, the newspaper added.