Demonstrators blocked major roads and in some cases set fire to buildings during nationwide protests over the government's handling of an economic crisis and accusations of corruption, reported CBS News.
Tear gas was sacked as some demonstrators and police clashed in the early hours.
The protests are the largest Lebanon has seen since 2015 and could further destabilise a country whose economy is already on the verge of collapse and has one of the highest debt loads in the world.
State-run National News Agency said the bodyguard of an official opened fire at protesters as they tried to block the road where the convoy was passing in central Beirut Thursday. Protesters were also injured.
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The clashes wounded at least 23 protesters, according to the Red Cross, and 60 security force personnel, according to police.
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"It was the last straw", 41-year-old Rami told Al Jazeera, as men threw wood ripped from a nearby construction site onto a bonfire in the middle of the capital's main thoroughfare.
Prime Minister Saad Hariri canceled a cabinet meeting scheduled for Friday to resume discussions.
Tensions have been worsened by the arrival of 1.5 million Syrian refugees since 2011 in the tiny nation that is home to just 6 million.
In June, the Lebanese parliament passed an austerity budget to comply with the demands of global donors, who past year pledged $11 billion to finance a plan to revive Lebanon's economy.
Despite tens of billions of dollars spent since the 15-year civil war ended in 1990, Lebanon still has crumbling infrastructure, including daily electricity cuts, piles of rubbish in the streets and often sporadic, limited water supplies from the state-owned water company.
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