Militant attack kills two police, two soldiers in Lebanon's Tripoli

A militant attacked a security forces patrol in Lebanon’s northern city of Tripoli on Monday night, killing two police officers and two army soldiers, state news agency NNA said.

One of the sources said that the attacker then blew himself up and that he had been in jail before on charges of belonging to Islamic State.

The Lebanese military confirmed the attack and the death of a soldier, and said the attacker had also fired at the security forces’ center.