 A car bomb has wounded at least six people in a suburb of the Lebanese capital Beirut. The blast created a deep crater, wrecked dozens of cars and blew off the front of nearby buildings. It was unclear what might have been the target of the attack, which occurred in the northern district of New Jdeideh.
| The target was good order and civil society... |
The attack comes amid unrest following the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in a car bomb on 14 February in Beirut. The latest blast took place after midnight (2200 GMT), when the streets of the predominantly Christian area were mostly empty.| But it's doubleplus good if you can kill a few infidels while you're at it. |
Windows were shattered several blocks away. "We saw this car just fly into the air and land on the street right in front of us," a witness told Reuters news agency. Car bombs were common during Lebanon's civil war from 1975 until the early 1990s. |