Sunday, February 02, 2014
From Print Edition
BEIRUT: A car bomb blew up on Saturday near a gas station in a town in northeast Lebanon, killing at least four people, officials said.
The bomb was the second to hit the northeastern town of Hermel, in the latest attack that appeared linked to the war in neighbouring Syria. Lebanon's Red Crescent said four were killed and another 18 wounded.
Footage on al-Manar television, associated with the Hizbullah, showed a bright orange blaze as black silhouettes of people ran by. Blasts could be heard in the background. Eyewitnesses said Lebanese security was surrounding the area and preventing people from reaching it.
The blast occurred near a school run by a charity group for impoverished children, some of them orphans. An official speaking on al-Manar said no children were injured.
Lebanese groups backing different sides in Syria's sectarian civil war have carried out bombings and other attacks against each other.
Sunni militant groups have claimed responsibility for a relentless series of attacks in Lebanon, including a bomb that exploded in Hermel in late January.
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