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“The Cat is here. Let’s attend to the issues we said we wanted to attend to yesterday, ” Malema said.

There were no fatalities, but 50 people required hospital treatment.

Those arrested since July include students, teachers, pensioners and even an 83-year-old retired vicar, with many carried away from the protests by police.

Some 340 people have been killed and almost 1,000 wounded in Lebanon since the ceasefire, according to health ministry figures.

At least one man and one woman were unconscious to hospital with severe burns, while police earlier received reports of trapped residents, media reports said.