BEIRUT (Reuters) – A bomb rocked a parking lot in the mainly Sunni Muslim district of Verdun in Lebanon’s capital on Monday wounding at least seven people, security sources and witnesses said. The explosion set cars ablaze and broke the windows of some buildings, they said. An army source said the bomb was placed either underneath or near a car.
A car which had been flipped onto its roof was ablaze as rescue workers raced to the scene near the Russian Cultural Centre.Glass and debris from surrounding buildings lay scattered across the street, which has several restaurants and clothing boutiques.
On Sunday, a woman was killed when an explosive device planted under a parked car detonated by a popular shopping mall in the mainly Christian east of the capital. At least 10 people were wounded by flying glass.The blast came as Lebanese troops battled Islamist militants at a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon for the second day on Monday. So far, 79 people have been killed in Lebanon’s bloodiest internal fighting since its 1975-90 civil war. Please click read more to view more photos, they are being added constantly/
Lebanese fire fighters try to extinguish a burning building after an explosion hit the Verdun shopping area in the Muslim sector of Beirut, Lebanon Monday, May 21, 2007. An explosion rocked one of Beirut’s Muslim neighborhoods late Monday, injuring five people, starting fires in cars and apartments and wrecking one of the Lebanese capital’s posh districts. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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Lebanese police secure the scene after an explosion hit the Verdun shopping area in the Muslim sector of Beirut, Lebanon Monday, May 21, 2007. An explosion rocked one of Beirut’s Muslim neighborhoods late Monday, injuring five people, starting fires in cars and apartments and wrecking one of the Lebanese capital’s posh districts. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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Lebanese police secure the scene after an explosion hit the Verdun shopping area in the Muslim sector of Beirut, Lebanon Monday, May 21, 2007. An explosion rocked one of Beirut’s Muslim neighborhoods late Monday, injuring five people, starting fires in cars and apartments and wrecking one of the Lebanese capital’s posh districts. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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Lebanese fire fighters try to extinguish a burning building after an explosion hit the Verdun shopping area in the Muslim sector of Beirut, Lebanon Monday, May 21, 2007. An explosion rocked one of Beirut’s Muslim neighborhoods late Monday, injuring five people, starting fires in cars and apartments and wrecking one of the Lebanese capital’s posh districts. (AP Photo/Ahmad Omar)
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Lebanese police secure the scene after an explosion hit the Verdun shopping area in the Muslim sector of Beirut, Lebanon Monday, May 21, 2007. An explosion rocked one of Beirut’s Muslim neighborhoods late Monday, injuring five people, starting fires in cars and apartments and wrecking one of the Lebanese capital’s posh districts. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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Lebanese firefighters try to extinguish a burning building after an explosion hit the Verdun shopping area in the Muslim sector of Beirut, Lebanon Monday, May 21, 2007. An explosion rocked one of Beirut’s Muslim neighborhoods late Monday, injuring five people, starting fires in cars and apartments and wrecking one of the Lebanese capital’s posh districts. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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Policemen and rescue workers inspect a burned car at the site of an explosion on Verdun street in west Beirut May 21, 2007. (Jamal Saidi/Reuters)
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A building burns after an explosion on Verdun street in west Beirut May 21, 2007. (Wadih Shlink/Reuters)
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Policemen and rescue workers inspect a burned car at the site of an explosion on Verdun street in west Beirut May 21, 2007. (Jamal Saidi/Reuters)
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A rescue worker carries a wounded boy after an explosion on Verdun street in west Beirut May 21, 2007. (Khalil Hassan/Reuters)
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Lebanese firemen extinguish a fire in a burning building caused by an explosion on Verdun street in west Beirut May 21, 2007. A bomb rocked a parking lot in the mainly Sunni Muslim district of Verdun in Lebanon’s capital on Monday wounding at least seven people, security sources and witnesses said. REUTERS/Khalil Hasan (LEBANON)
A Lebanese police officer gestures as he secures the scene after an explosion hit the Verdun shopping area in the Muslim sector of Beirut, Lebanon Monday, May 21, 2007. An explosion rocked one of Beirut’s Muslim neighborhoods late Monday, injuring five people, starting fires in cars and apartments and wrecking one of the Lebanese capital’s posh districts. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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Lebanese policemen and civil defence work at the site of an explosion on Verdun street in west Beirut May 21, 2007. A bomb rocked a parking lot in the mainly Sunni Muslim district of Verdun in Lebanon’s capital on Monday wounding at least seven people, security sources and witnesses said. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi (LEBANON)
Policemen and rescue workers inspect a burned car at the site of an explosion on Verdun street in west Beirut May 21, 2007. (Jamal Saidi/Reuters)
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