- Home
- ISLAMIC RESISTANCE
- SECRETARY-GENERAL
-
Full Speeches
- Speeches-2000
- Speeches-2006
- Speeches-2007
- Speeches-2008
- Speeches-2009
- Speeches-2010
- Speeches-2011
- Speeches-2012
- Speeches-2013
- Speeches-2014
- Speeches-2015
- Speeches-2016
- Speeches-2017
- Speeches-2018
- Speeches-2019
- Speeches-2020
- Speeches-2021
- Speeches-2022
- Speeches-2023
- Speeches-2024
- Speeches-2025
- Speeches-2026
- Speech-Reports
- SG
-
Full Speeches
- Voices
- Ten Day Dawn
- The Biggest Crime
- Martyr Leaders
Former Minister, Shath, Assassinated in Beirut Blast
Local Editor
Former Finance Minister Mohammad Shatah was killed along with four other people in a car bomb in Downtown Beirut Friday.
According to news agencies, 15 people were wounded in the explosion which targeted Shatah's car as it drove in the capital's central district.
Ambulances and Civil Defense teams rushed to the scene of the explosion between Starco building and Monroe Hotel.
Caretaker PM Najib Makati swiftly called for an emergency meeting for the Higher Council for Disasters.
Caretaker Minister Ali Hassan Khalil ordered all hospitals in Beirut to receive those who were wounded in the explosion.
Television channels showed pictures of thick smoke in the major commercial district home to shops, banks, restaurants.
Television footages showed people on fire, others lying
on the ground, some bloodied, as well as fires blazing at several other
points while ambulances rushed to the stricken area.
People were seen running to rescue the injured as a helicopter was seen hovering over the area of the blast.
Civil defense teams battled fire that erupted in the area of the explosion.
The blast, according to some media reports, was caused by a booby-trapped car. Others suggested that the blast was the result of a suicide attack.
Beirut has been hit by several deadly attacks over the past months, including twin suicide bombings in November that targeted the Iranian embassy and bombings in Dahyieh over the summer.
Source: News Agencies
- Related News
13 Killed in ’Israeli’ Strikes on Southern Lebanon
one month ago
