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1st LD: 2 injured in Beirut explosion

Xinhua, June 13, 2016 Adjust font size:

Two people were slightly injured in an explosion that rocked the western part of Lebanon's capital city of Beirut, the National News Agency (NNA) reported.

The NNA quoted the head of the Lebanese Red Cross operations Georges Kettaneh as saying that two people were slightly injured in the explosion that went off near the headquarters of the BLOM bank in Verdun.

Preliminary investigations revealed the weight of the explosion device is two kilograms that were hidden in a suitcase left near the headquarters of BLOM bank. Endit