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One killed, 20 hurt in overnight bombing in Lebanon

BEIRUT - A suicide bombing in a southern Beirut neighborhood killed a security officer and wounded 20 people, officials said Tuesday, as an al-Qaeda-linked group warned that such attacks will continue as long as the militant Hezbollah group is taking part in Syria's civil war.

 

The overnight attack -- the second such bombing this week - heightened fears that Lebanon was reverting to a cycle of violence after a few months of respite.

 

The explosion occurred near a checkpoint and a cafe in the Shatila area of the Lebanese capital just after midnight Tuesday. (AP)

 


פרסום ראשון: 06.24.14, 21:11