Cairo (Reuters) - Lebanon's Shi'ite Amal movement said that last week's violence in Beirut aimed to reignite internal strife and threaten civil peace, TV station NBN Lebanon quoted a statement by the movement on Monday.

       On Thursday, seven people were killed in violence in Beirut as crowds headed for a protest called by Amal and its Iranian-backed ally Hezbollah.

       (Reporting by Lilian Wagdy; Editing by Jon Boyle)