BEIRUT, January 02, 22:24 /ITAR-TASS/. None of the Shiite politicians was injured or killed by a bomb blast in southern Beirut on Thursday, January 2, Hezbollah said.
According to preliminary reports, five persons were killed and at least 20 injured when a bomb hidden in a car went off in the densely-populated Haret Hreik quarter, the Hezbollah stronghold in southern Beirut. The terrorist attack carried out by a suicide bomber during the rush hour when the nearby road was full of cars.