Four wounded in Lebanon restaurant blast
- 12 years ago
Lebanese security forces cordon off the site of an explosion which wounded at least four people in the southern city of Tyre.
The Lebanese state news agency said the blast - which went off some time after midnight - targeted a restaurant on the eastern outskirts of the city.
The restaurant owner said he was on his way to work when the explosion occurred.
(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) RESTAURANT OWNER, ZAHI ZAYDAN, SAYING:
"I was on my way to the restaurant in my car, talking on the phone, I heard an explosion and then something fell on the car."
The blast is one of a series of explosions that have taken place recently in the region - a Hezbollah stronghold in which U.N. peacekeepers are deployed.
Most of the recent attacks have targeted restaurants serving alcohol and frequented by the peacekeepers.
Nick Rowlands, Reuters.
The Lebanese state news agency said the blast - which went off some time after midnight - targeted a restaurant on the eastern outskirts of the city.
The restaurant owner said he was on his way to work when the explosion occurred.
(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) RESTAURANT OWNER, ZAHI ZAYDAN, SAYING:
"I was on my way to the restaurant in my car, talking on the phone, I heard an explosion and then something fell on the car."
The blast is one of a series of explosions that have taken place recently in the region - a Hezbollah stronghold in which U.N. peacekeepers are deployed.
Most of the recent attacks have targeted restaurants serving alcohol and frequented by the peacekeepers.
Nick Rowlands, Reuters.