Bomb in eastern Lebanon inflicts casualties
BEIRUT — A small bomb exploded Wednesday on a main road near the eastern Lebanese city of Zahleh, killing at least one person and wounding 11 others, security officials and state media said.
It was not immediately clear what the bomb targeted. Lebanon has been hit by a wave of explosions over the past three years as Syria’s civil war spilled over into its tiny neighbour, killing scores of people.
Security officials, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, said the bomb was placed on the side of a main highway linking eastern Lebanon with Beirut. Troops cordoned off the area and opened an investigation, they said.
The explosion came on a day when thousands of people were heading from the eastern Bekaa Valley to the southern port city of Tyre to participate in a rally marking the anniversary of the disappearance of a top Shiite cleric who went missing during a visit to Libya in 1978.