Lebanon launches probe into late-night shots outside US Embassy that caused no injuries

By BASSEM MROUE and HASSAN AMMAR
Associated Press

AUKAR, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanese authorities are investigating a late-night shooting outside the heavily fortified U.S. Embassy just outside Beirut. An embassy spokesperson says no one was hurt in the shooting late Wednesday and that the facility is safe. No one claimed responsibility for the shooting, This year marks the 40th anniversary of a bombing attack on the U.S. Embassy in Beirut that killed 63 people, including at least 17 Americans. The 1983 attack was blamed on the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. The embassy later was moved from central Beirut to the Christian suburb of Awkar, north of the Lebanese capital.