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June 4, 2019
Two soldiers and twopolice officers were killed by a gunman in the Lebanese city of Tripoli
The lone gunman killedfour members of Lebanon’s security forces in the city of Tripoli before blowinghimself up. He detonated an explosive vest after being surrounded in a flat bytroops.
No group has said itwas behind the attack, but the gunman is reported to have been a member of thejihadist group Islamic State, IS.
The army identifiedhim as Abdul Rahman Mabsout, who was reportedly detained when he returned fromSyria in 2016 and was freed the following year.
Security had earlierbeen increased across the country in preparation for Eid al-Fitr, the festivalmarking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.