Car bomb rocks Shiite Beirut suburb: TV
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Lebanese security forces stand guard in Beirut on May 26, 2013. A car bomb on Tuesday rocked Beirut's Hezbollah stronghold in the southern suburbs, which is populated mainly by Shiite Muslims. (AFP/File)
A car bomb on Tuesday rocked Beirut's Hezbollah stronghold in the southern suburbs, which is populated mainly by Shiite Muslims, Lebanese television channels reported.
Several broadcasters, among them Hezbollah's Al-Manar, reported injuries while private channel LBC showed a large cloud of black smoke rising above the densely populated Bir al-Abed neighbourhood.
"The explosion in the Bir al-Abed area was caused by a car bomb in the parking lot next to an Islamic cooperation centre," Al-Manar reported.
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Shiite movement Hezbollah has sent fighters to join Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces in facing down a revolt, an issue that has deeply divided Lebanon and sparked frequent eruptions of violence.