2024 Beirut US embassy shooting

2024 Beirut US embassy shooting
LocationBeirut, Lebanon
Coordinates33°56′6″N 35°35′53″E / 33.93500°N 35.59806°E / 33.93500; 35.59806
Date5 June 2024
Attack type
Shooting
WeaponsType 56 assault rifle
Deaths0
Injured2 (including the perpetrator)

On 5 June 2024, at 8:34 am, a shooting took place at the US embassy in Beirut, Lebanon. An armed assailant opened fire on the embassy located in the Awkar area in Beirut, lightly injuring a security guard. The attacker was wounded and detained by the Lebanese Armed Forces.[1]

  1. ^ "Lebanon arrests gunman following attack on US embassy in Beirut". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-06-06.