Terrorist Car Bomb Hits Hermel

Local Editor

At least 3 Lebanese were martyred as a car bomb targeted on Thursday the eastern region of Hermel, causing dozens others to be injured .

The explosion ripped through Hermel's main square where the Serail is located.
Some of the wounded were in serious condition and would be taken to hospitals in the eastern city of Zahle.
Reports said the bombing was caused by a suicide bomber after witnesses saw human remains in the mangled car.

The vehicle was a Kia four-wheeler.

Earlier this month, a suicide car bombing shook the district of Haret Hreik in Dahyieh, the Southern suburbs of Beirut.

Meanwhile, Caretaker Health Minister Ali Hassan Khalil asked the hospitals in the eastern Bekaa region to treat the injured at the expense of the ministry.

Hermel's mayor, Sobhi Saqr, informed al-Manar TV that the attack occurred as students were on their way to schools and while employees were going to work.
"It was a very big blast," Saqr said.