BEIRUT (AP) Lebanese security forces used tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets in clashes with hundreds of anti-government protesters outside the countrys Parliament on Sunday, as violence continued to escalate in a week of rioting in the capital.

At least 114 people were injured in the protests, according to the Red Cross and the Lebanese Civil Defense teams. 47 of those injured were transported to hospitals for treatment. Reporters on the scene said most of the wounds were from rubber bullets, some in the face and the upper body.

Demonstrators used rocks and other projectiles, including shooting a stream of fire from ignited aerosol cans. Security forces responded by firing several rounds of tear gas canisters and water cannons, before turning to rubber bullets in an attempt to disperse the crowds. A few protesters tried to climb over the metal barriers separating them from the riot police. Hundreds more, some chanting revolution, gathered farther down the blocked street that leads to the Parliament.