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12-07-05, 11:03
Minister hit in Beirut blast

Lebanon's caretaker Defence Minister Elias al-Murr has been wounded in an attack on his motorcade in the capital, Beirut.

Police reported that several people had been killed and wounded in the bomb blast, but did not give figures. They added that the minister was slightly wounded.

Tuesday morning's blast occurred in a busy Christian suburb of the city, police added.

Director of Aljazeera's office in Lebanon, Ghassan bin Jiddo, reporting from the scene, said the explosion was so fierce the area had been badly damaged and blackened.

He said one of al-Murr's companions, a colonel, had been seriously injured, and that al-Murr had been slightly injured in the face and had been transferred to a nearby hospital.

A Lebanese military judge had arrived at the scene, he added.

Television pictures showed victims covered in blood, with one being helped out of a car on to a stretcher by rescue workers.

The pictures also showed the burning shells of two cars, as well as what appeared to be a corpse.

The blast is the latest in a series of attacks on politicians and journalists since the assassination of Rafiq al-Hariri on 14 February this year.
Aljazeera + Agencies
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/DCC566B7-1FF8-4D62-AB20-9B470817F853.htm

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