WORLD BRIEFS

IRAN: General slain leaving Syria

Political and security officials in Tehran mourned the death of a Revolutionary Guard general reportedly slain this week while traveling from Syria to Lebanon. The assassination of Gen. Hassan Shateri was the strongest indication yet that senior Iranian military commanders have been sent to Syria to assist the government of President Bashar Assad. Authorities were silent on whether he was killed on Syrian or Lebanese soil.

GUAM: 3 killed in car rampage

A third person has died after being hit by a car during a rampage in the tourist district that left two others dead and 11 people injured, officials said Thursday. The Guam Visitors Bureau said a 51-year-old man taken to Guam Memorial Hospital in critical condition died. A complaint filed against Chad Ryan De Soto, 21, was being updated. De Soto, of Tamuning, is accused of plowing into several people with his Toyota Yaris late Tuesday as he drove onto a sidewalk and into a convenience store at the Outrigger hotel in the Tumon district. He then got out of his car and started stabbing people he came across. Six people were hurt by De Soto's car and eight by his knife. Most of the injured were Japanese tourists.

ISRAEL: Outcry over prison death

Foreign reports about the mysterious death of an Australian-Israeli Mossad agent in an Israeli prison two years ago have sparked a rare backlash against the country's well-respected security agencies. Critics accused the government of trying to cover up the affair and are demanding a full investigation. The Australian-born Israeli, Ben Zygier, was mysteriously imprisoned by Israel in 2010 and hanged himself.