Lebanon arrests gunman following attack on US embassy in Beirut
Al Jazeera
The military says the assailant, injured in a gunfight, is a Syrian national.
A gunman who fired on the embassy of the United States in Beirut has been arrested after he was injured in return fire.
The attack on the embassy on Wednesday morning was carried out by a Syrian national, according to the Lebanese military. The incident comes amid heightened tensions across the region as Israel continues its war in Gaza.
The assailant, who was wounded in a gunfight with soldiers, has been arrested and taken to hospital. The army said in a statement on X that the attacker was a Syrian national and that it was investigating the incident.
It offered no further details, but a photo being circulated on social media shows a bloodied man wearing a vest with “Islamic State” written on it in Arabic and the English initials “I” and “S”.
Reporting from outside the embassy, Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr noted the “heavy security presence”, with the Lebanese army not allowing people through to the compound.
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