Report: Hezbollah supporter among 3 killed in north Lebanon

Gunmen in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli killed at least three people when they opened fire on a supporter of the Lebanese Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah outside his house in the early hours of Thursday, security sources said.

They said two men on a motorbike shot dead Hossam al-Mouri in the Zahrieh neighbourhood in the largely Sunni city. A member of the security forces and another man at the scene were also killed. (Reuters)