Beirut - At least two persons were wounded late Friday in a clash between followers of the Western-backed government and supporters of the Hezbollah-led opposition inside the capital Beirut, police sources said.

The wounded were attacked with daggers and pistols in the mainly Sunni-neighborhood of Tarik Jadideh, the police said.

The incident prompted the army to block a road leading to the area. Several people involved in the clash were arrested.

Similar incidents have erupted between the two sides since last May, when bloody clashes engulfed Beirut and led the pro-Syrian Shiite Islamist movement Hezbollah to seize the capital including neighborhoods under the control of government supporters. (dpa)