(21 Jan 2014) A car bomb ripped through a Shiite neighbourhood in southern Beirut on Tuesday, killing at least two people, in the latest attack targeting supporters of the militant Hezbollah group in Lebanon.
Thousands of people flocked to the Haret Hreik neighbourhood after the explosion.
Lebanon's official media said a suicide bomber in a vehicle was behind the attack.
A series of attacks have hit Lebanon recently as Syria's civil war spills over into its smaller neighbour, targeting both the country's Sunnis and Shiites.
It has further stoked sectarian tensions that are already running high as each Lebanese community lines up with its brethren on opposing sides of the war in Syria.
Similar attacks have targeted Shiite areas in Lebanon in retaliation for the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group fighting in Syria on the side of President Bashar Assad's troops.
Most recently on Thursday, a car bomb struck the northeastern town of Hermel close to the Syrian border during rush hour, killing at least three people and wounding more than 20.
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