Suicide car bomb explodes in Beirut, 2 dead: official agency

Firefighters extinguish a fire at the site of an explosion in the Haret Hreik area, in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut, on Jan 21, 2014. Two people were killed in a suicide car bombing in a south Beirut neighbourhood considered a
Firefighters extinguish a fire at the site of an explosion in the Haret Hreik area, in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut, on Jan 21, 2014. Two people were killed in a suicide car bombing in a south Beirut neighbourhood considered a stronghold of the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah, the country's official news agency said. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

BEIRUT, Jan 21, 2014 (AFP) - Two people were killed in a suicide car bombing in a south Beirut neighbourhood considered a stronghold of the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah, the country's official news agency said.

"Suicide bomber blows himself up in a car... in Haret Hreik, two people killed and five injured," Lebanon's National News Agency said.

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