Syrian opens fire on US mission in Lebanon, arrested

BEIRUT

: An attacker opened fire on the

US Embassy

in

Lebanon

Wednesday and was shot and captured by Lebanese

security forces

, adding to mounting tensions in a crisis-hit nation already on edge over months of cross-border strikes between Israel and the armed militant group Hezbollah. The embassy said a security guard had been wounded during the

attack

, without specifying how or whether the injuries were serious.
The motive of the

shooter

, whom the

Lebanese

army identified as a Syrian citizen and said was being treated at a hospital, was not immediately clear. Lebanese security forces later detained a second man on suspicion of involvement in the attack, Lebanon’s state-run news agency said.