TRIPOLI, Lebanon: Police killed notorious Islamist militant Osama Mansour and his partner in a shootout during an operation to arrest Islamist cleric Khaled Hoblos in the northern city of Tripoliovernight, a police statement said Friday.
The statement by Internal Security Forces said Mansour and Ahmad Nather were killed after they opened fire on the police patrol as it tried to arrest Hoblos at 10:25 p.m. Thursday.
Hoblos was in a Kia Picanto. The Islamic cleric and the driver, identified as Amir al-Kirdi, were arrested, according to the statement.