BEIRUT: Clashes broke out Friday between the Lebanese army and student supporters of the Kataeb (Phalange) Party who were celebrating victory in student elections.

Patrick Risha, the head of the Kataeb youth department, said that party’s students at Notre Dame University campus in Zouk Mosbeh were celebrating their victory in student elections near the campus when the army intervened after students launched fireworks.

“Soldiers assaulted our students and arrested three,” said Risha who spoke to The Daily Star from the scene, adding that Kataeb students will keep closing the Zouk Mosbeh highway until the three are released. Chanting support of the Kataeb and the Lebanese Forces could be heard during the telephone conversation.