Who Was Target Of Beirut Bombing

	Who Was Target Of Beirut Bombing At least eight people have reportedly been killed and 80 wounded by a car bomb in Lebanese capital Beirut. The rising death toll - following the city's first such attack since 2008 - was reported by Lebanon's state-run National News Agency. Citing civil defence figures, the agency said the blast in the mainly Christian east Beirut was only 200 yards from the headquarters of the Christian party, the Phalange. The party is hostile to the regime of President Bashar al Assad in neighbouring Syria, which has been plunged into a civil war that has heightened tensions and divisions in Syria. But a statement issued by Syria condemned the attack, labelling it "cowardly". AFP news agency reported that two apartment buildings had been devastated by the bombing in a narrow street off Sassine Square in Ashrafieh. One building was still on fire as Red Cross workers evacuated bloodied casualties. Balconies were torn off by the force of the blast, windows shattered and cars crushed by falling masonry. Roland, 19, who was among a large crowd of army, rescue workers and onlookers, said: "We heard a powerful explosion. The earth shook under our feet." Relatives of employees at BEMO bank, whose windows were broken, dashed to the area to look for their children. "Where is Pierre?" one man cried, as a young woman searched for her mother in the rubble. Interior Minister Marwan Sharbel was also at the scene of the bombing. The previous such attack in Beirut, in January 2008, killed Lebanon's top <b>...</b>	From: luz diaz Views: 0 0 ratings
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