Fire is seen from the windows of Duroy hotel following a bomb attack in Raouche, in western Beirut June 25, 2014. REUTERS/Mahmoud Kheir
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Saudi suicide bomber killed in a raid by Lebanese security forces was part of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant group, according to a statement published on Friday that Lebanese security officials said they were taking seriously.
Three members of the security forces were wounded when they stormed Beirut's Duroy Hotel on Wednesday and the Saudi suspect detonated his explosives, killing himself and wounding an accomplice.
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