From a Wall Street Journal world news brief published on June 10, 2013:
Men wielding batons and wearing yellow armbands evoking Lebanon’s Hezbollah attacked protesters outside the Iranian Embassy in Beirut on Sunday during a rally against the militant group’s participation in the Syrian civil war.
One protester was killed, a senior Lebanese military official and witnesses said.
A military statement said the protesters had just arrived at the embassy area when clashes broke out and a civilian opened fire. The embassy is in a predominantly pro-Hezbollah area.
Witnesses saw men wearing yellow armbands-the color of Hezbollah’s flag-attacking the protesters with batons.
It was unclear if they t were affiliated with the militant Shiite group, and the identity of the gunman was unknown, a senior security official said.
The official identified the man killed as a 28-year-old member of the small Lebanese Option party, which had called for the anti-Hezbollah protest. …