Explainer-Why is Lebanon such a mess?

A damaged vehicle is pictured as soldiers are deployed after gunfire erupted in Beirut, Lebanon October 14, 2021. REUTERS/Aziz Taher

BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least six people were shot dead in Beirut on Thursday as demonstrations related to a probe into last year's catastrophic port blast prompted the city's worst civil violence in years.

The latest bloodshed adds to the woes of a country suffering one of the world's worst ever economic meltdowns.