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'Militant killed' at Syria border | |
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An Islamic militant has blown himself up at a border post near Lebanon after a gunbattle with security forces, the Syrian government says. | |
Omar Abdullah, a Syrian leader of the al-Qaeda-linked Tawhid and Jihad group, was trying to cross into Lebanon with fake documents, a statement said. | |
Two security force members were reported wounded during the incident. | |
Syria's Jdaidat Yabous crossing is a short drive from the Lebanese border on the main Damascus-Beirut road. | |
A Syrian interior ministry statement said Abdullah opened fire at security forces before attempting to escape. | |
He then detonated an explosive belt, killing himself and wounding two members of the Syrian security forces, the statement said. | |
It said nine sets of fake identification papers were found on the militant, who used the codename Omar Hamra. | |
A Lebanese security source quoted by Reuters said police had stopped a car leaving Syria and when they tried to search a suitcase in the vehicle, the driver brandished a pistol and opened fire. | |
As he ran from the car a grenade he was holding exploded, killing him, the sources said. |