Terrorist Blast Rips Through Passenger Van in Choueifat
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A suicide bomber on board a passenger van south of the Lebanese capital, in Choueifat killed himself and wounded at least two others, security sources said.
The bomber detonated his explosives device after boarding the van that was on a road leading to the town of Choueifat, the sources said. The van exploded meters from a local gasoline station.
The bombing comes only two days after a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle at a gas station in the northeastern city of Hermel.
The bomber's head had apparently been severed in the blast and was found among the debris that littered the road near the Rishani Gas Station.
Caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said a suicide bomber entered the passenger van minutes before the explosion.
"A man wearing an explosive belt boarded a public minibus in Choueifat and blew himself up," Charbel stated.
The white van carried a license plate with the number 375121/M. It belonged to the driver, Hussein Msheik, who usually transports passengers from Choueifat to Dahiyeh.
Footage from the scene broadcast on Lebanese TV stations showed the mangled remains of a vehicle surrounded by shards of glass and other material in the middle of the road.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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