(16 Jan 2014) A car bomb killed at least three people in northern Lebanon on Thursday and wounded more than 20, officials said.
The bomb went off in the centre of the predominantly Shiite town of Hermel, which is about 10 miles (16 kilometres) from the Syrian border and a stronghold of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group.
The officials said the explosion took place near two banks and close to the town hall where people go to get official documents.
One of the dead was removed from a car near the blast and ambulances rushed others to hospitals, officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.
There were three others bodies, including one that was torn to pieces, the officials said, adding that they believe he might have been the suicide attacker (so was not included in the current death toll of three).
It was the latest in a wave of attacks to hit Lebanon in recent months as the civil war in Syria increasingly spills over into its smaller neighbour, attacks that have killed scores of people here and bitterly divided the Lebanese.
In the past months, Syrian opposition fighters have fired rockets from Syria into Hermel, killing and wounding a number of people.
Those responsible said their attacks were in retaliation for Hezbollah's involvement in Syria's civil war on the side of President Bashar Assad's forces.
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