Bomb at town near Beirut wounds 5-security sources
23 May 2007 19:06:33 GMT Source: Reuters
(Adds quote, updates toll) BEIRUT, May 23 (Reuters) - An explosion at a Druze town east of the Lebanese capital Beirut on Wednesday wounded five people, security sources said. "A bomb went off near a shopping centre. Luckily the area was largely empty," a security source said. The blast in Aley, which lies near the Beirut-Damascus road, caused damage to nearby shops and buildings. An official from the political bloc of Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, a staunch supporter of the Western-backed government, arrived to inspect the scene. Two bombs over the past week in Beirut have killed one woman and wounded several people.
