Deadly shooting shakes Lebanese city, interior minister says attacker former Daesh member now a 'lone wolf'
Lebanese Army investigators inspect the area outside a building where clashes erupted between troops and a former member of Daesh who had engaged in an hours-long shootout with the security forces in Tripoli, Lebanon. June 4, 2019.
The rare shooting, in which the gunman used a motorbike to move around, opening fire on police and army vehicles, shook the predominantly Sunni Muslim coastal city on the eve of the Eid al Fitr holiday, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. With police in hot pursuit, opening fire and using tear gas, Mabsout then drove to a residential building, where he shot his way up the stairs and into an empty apartment on the fourth floor and barricaded himself inside.Cornered, Mabsout detonated his explosives vest, killing himself instantly.
Military police and forensics removed bullets from the street. Tear gas canisters were still on the ground.
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