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	MASSIVE-car-BOMB-blast-in-Ashrafieh,-East-Beirut,-Lebanon MASSIVE car BOMB blast in Ashrafieh, East Beirut, Lebanon At least eight are dead and 78 wounded after a car bomb rocked the Lebanese capital of Beirut, MTV quotes civil defense sources as saying. The attack targeted a majority Christian neighborhood in the ethnically divided city. At least four of the wounded transported to the city's Jeitawi Hospital were children. The blast rocked the city's Sassine Square in the predominately Christian Ashrafieh neighborhood on Friday. The explosive-laden car was detonated during rush hour at 3:00 pm local time as many students were leaving school, the Lebanese Daily Star reports. Plumes of black smoke were seen rising from the eastern part of the city. Ambulances dispatched to the scene were taking the wounded to hospital. At least seven cars were set on fire during the blast, an MTV correspondent on the ground said, and many more were battered by falling bricks. Considerable damage to the surrounding buildings has also been reported, with a tangled mess of wires, railings, and balconies crashing to the ground. Human body parts were seen scattered on the roads. Flying glass from windows shattered during the blast wounded more than 20 people, the Lebanese National News Agency reports. Red Cross workers were seen evacuating bloodied casualties from a burning building. The explosion occurred 200 meters from a local Kataeb political headquarters, better known in English as the Phalanges Party. The Phalanges are a right-wing Christian <b>...</b>	From: CashCapital47 Views: 0 0 ratings
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