A policeman died during Beirut's protests on Saturday, following an assault by "murderous rioters", Lebanon's police force said. "A member of the Internal Security Forces died while ... helping people trapped inside the Le Gray hotel," the police force said on Twitter. It "came after he was assaulted by a number of murderous rioters, which led him to fall and die," the statement added, without providing additional details. lar/ho/jkb