Hezbollah members carry the coffins of four of the victims who were killed during the suicide bombings that occurred on Tuesday near Iran's embassy compound in Beirut, as they march during their funeral November 20, 2013.REUTERS/ Sharif Karim OBITUARY)
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese authorities have identified one of the suicide bombers who attacked the Iranian embassy in Beirut this week as a Lebanese Islamist, a security source said on Friday.
The man was from the southern port city of Sidon, and was known to have had links with Islamist groups, the source said.
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