WORLD IN BRIEF : LEBANON : Saudi Official Slain in West Beirut
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Attackers firing automatic weapons assassinated a Saudi Arabian official in West Beirut. Islamic Jihad (Islamic Holy War), a pro-Iranian group that holds at least two American hostages in Lebanon, claimed responsibility. It said that Mohammed Ali Marzouqi was killed to avenge the beheading of 16 convicted terrorists in Saudi Arabia on Sept. 21. Marzouqi, 68, was the personnel officer at the Saudi Embassy in Damascus, Syria.
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