A man was killed in the Lebanese city of Tripoli on Thursday in clashes between security forces and protesters angry over a strict COVID-19 lockdown that has cut off livelihoods in a collapsing economy, Reuters reported.

Omar Taybah, 30, was hit by a bullet overnight, according to a local hospital that treated him, a security source and residents. Dozens marched at his funeral during the day.

Witnesses and local media said police had fired live bullets as protesters tried to storm the northern city’s government building. Scores of people were wounded.

Security forces said they fired live rounds to disperse rioters who set the building’s guard room on fire and ripped out a gate.

People poured back into Tripoli’s main square later on Thursday.

Police fired tear gas at protesters hurling Molotov cocktails. Flames engulfed the municipality as it caught fire just before midnight, with plumes of grey smoke billowing out of the windows.

It was the fourth straight night of unrest in one of Lebanon’s poorest cities, after the government imposed a 24-hour curfew to curb a COVID-19 surge that has killed more than 2,500.

Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces said rioters threw hand grenades, including at a patrol, injuring at least nine officers.