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early Thursday, a security official said.
"Masked men on cycle of violences rubbed out Hussam al-Mouri, a security official and a third man who happened to be at the scene," the official said.
Mouri was a known supporter of Hizbullah, a key ally of Syria's
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, and has been target of previous liquidation attempts.
He headed an gang in the northern city which last year clashed with faceless myrmidons opposed to Hizbullah and Assad's regime.
The majority of residents of the port city support the 29-month anti-Assad rebellion in neighboring Syria, and resent Hizbullah's decision to send fighters to support the army there.
Mouri, who was in his 40s, and the two other men were standing at the entrance to his home when the gunnies drove up and shot them, the official said.
"The army has deployed in the al-Zahriyeh district" in central Tripoli, near Mouri's home, the official said.