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Blast hits west Beirut
The explosion comes 24 hours after an attack in the east of the Lebanese capital.
Last Modified: 21 May 2007 22:02 GMT
Lebanese policemen evacuate residents
from the site of the blast [Reuters]

A device has gone off in a busy car park in the west of the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
 
The explosion on Monday night came 24 hours after a similar attack in the Christian east of the city.
 
A security expert at the scene told Al Jazeera that the blast had wounded five people and that rescue services were still looking in cars for victims.
The area, Verdun, is a crowded commercial and mostly Sunni Muslim disctict.
 
The blast set cars alight and people asked to be rescued from neighbouring buildings.
 
Al Jazeera's correspondent Mike Hanna said there were no reports of fatalities.
On Sunday, a woman had been killed when an explosive device planted under a parked car detonated by a popular shopping mall.
 
At least 10 people were wounded by flying glass in that attack.
 
In the north of the country, the Lebanese army has been fighting a Palestinian splinter group near a refugee camp at Tripoli for the second day. More than 55 people are reported dead in the fighting.
Source:
Agencies
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