Lebanese security forces detain man suspected of shooting outside US embassy
- A Lebanese citizen born in 1997 has been detained by Lebanese security forces in connection with the shooting outside the U.S. embassy in Beirut last week.
- The Lebanese army launched an investigation into the shooting, analyzing security camera footage from the area.
- No one was injured in the shooting incident, which occurred near the entrance to the embassy compound in Aukar, a suburb of Beirut.
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Lebanese security forces detain man suspected of shooting outside US
BEIRUT: Lebanese security forces on Monday said they arrested a suspected gunman who fired a dozen bullets at the American embassy in Beirut, according to security sources in the country. A source named the suspect as 26-year-old Lebanese national Muhammad Mahdi Hussein Khalil, who had worked for a delivery company. The source added Khalil had a criminal record for previously opening fired on a Lebanese Public Security center.
Lebanese security forces detain man suspected of shooting outside U.S. embassy
Lebanese security forces have detained a man suspected of being behind last week’s shooting outside the U.S.-embassy north of Beirut in which no one was hurt, police said Monday. The Internal Security Forces said in a statement that they have detained a Lebanese citizen born in 1997 in a suburb…
Lebanese security forces detain man suspected of shooting outside US embassy
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese security forces have detained a man suspected of being behind last week’s shooting outside the U.S.-embassy north of Beirut in which no one was hurt, police said Monday. The Internal Security Forces said in a statement that they have detained a Lebanese citizen born in 1997 in a suburb of Beirut. They identified the suspect only by the initials MK. Authorities said the suspect confessed to carrying out the shooting. The we…
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