Deadly shooting shakes Lebanese city as Muslims mark Eid
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Lebanon's interior minister says a gunman was working alone when he went on a shooting spree that killed four security personnel in the northern city of Tripoli.
Minister Raya El Hassan says the shooting by the man identified as a former member of the Islamic State group, Abdul-Rahman Mabsout, is an "individual case" and the situation is under control.
She spoke to reporters in Tripoli Tuesday, hours after Mabsout, riding a motorcycle, opened fire on police and army vehicles in the city, killing two police officers and two soldiers before breaking into a residential building and hiding there. He later detonated an explosive belt when confronted by troops.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The rare shooting, which began late Monday, shook the predominantly Sunni Muslim coastal city on the eve of the Eid al-Fitr holiday.