2012-10-19

Beirut car bomb blast kills top intelligence official

Image: Rescue workers at the scene of a bombing in Beirut.

Photo: EPA

Story by NBC News

Beirut, Lebanon -- A huge car bomb explosion in Beirut on Friday killed a top Lebanese security official whose investigations implicated Syria and Hezbollah in the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri seven years ago.

The rush-hour bomb in the center of the Lebanese capital killed eight people and wounded about 80 others, heightening fears that Syria's war is spilling over into Lebanon.

posted by Kirk Tanter at 10/19/2012 04:20:00 pm

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