Bomb Explodes in Hezbollah’s Lebanese Stronghold: NNA
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A car bomb exploded in the stronghold of Hezbollah in south Beirut, killing four people and wounding nine in the latest attack on the Iranian-backed group since it acknowledged joining the conflict in neighboring Syria.
The rush-hour blast in the Lebanese capital’s densely populated suburbs is the third to target that neighborhood since July. It occurred about 200 meters from Hezbollah’s political office, next to a building that was among the first to be repaired after the group’s 2006 war with Israel, Al Manar television said. Ambulances rushed to the scene of the explosion as thick smoke rose from the wreckage. The state-run National News Agency reported the death toll.