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| Another bomb detonated in Beirut leaves 7 wounded |
| 2007-06-05 |
| A bomb has exploded in an empty passenger bus parked in a Christian neighborhood east of Beirut, injuring seven pedestrians and inflicting material damage. The explosion Monday occurred in the residential and industrial Bouchrieh suburb, near the Abdul Maseeh Center, near the Mar Takla Church roundabout. According to experts the bomb was placed inside the bus. The wounded were taken to the nearby Mar Youssef Hospital. It could have been worse. The bomb detonated 15 minutes after the bus driver parked the vehicle for the night. Lebanon has seen a string of bomb explosions in and around Beirut since clashes between Fatah Islam militants and the Lebanese army began May 20. Lebanon has also been hit by a series of explosions in the last two years, particularly targeting Christian areas. Two explosions on May 21 and 22 killed a woman and injured a dozen people in two Beirut neighborhoods, as the Lebanese army battled militants holed up in a refugee camp near the northern port city of Tripoli. On May 23, a bomb exploded in the Druze town of Aley in Beirut's central mountains, wounding at least five people. On March 26, 2005, a blast went off in an industrial zone in Bouchrieh, injuring five people and setting factories ablaze. Update: 12:01 am Beirut time The bomb size according to experts is 30 KG ( 66 lbs). The number of the wounded has gone up from 7 to 13. |
| Posted by:Fred |