Gunman opens fire on police vehicle in Tripoli, kills 2 police officers on eve of Eid al Fitr - Lebanese state news agency
Lebanese police parol on their military vehicles at the the Bab al Tebbaneh neighbourhood in Tripoli, February 20, 2014.
Two security sources told Reuters the police and army had encircled the gunman in a building after he threw a bomb at security forces in a government building and fired at a patrol. The Lebanese military confirmed the attack and the death of a soldier, and said the attacker had also fired at the security forces' centre.
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