Salon.com > Wissam al-Hassan http://www.salon.com Wed, 22 May 2013 00:22:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Beirut bomb blast kills eight, injures dozens http://www.salon.com/2012/10/19/beirut_bomb_blast_kills_eight_injures_dozens/ http://www.salon.com/2012/10/19/beirut_bomb_blast_kills_eight_injures_dozens/#comments Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:17:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13046170 Global Post BEIRUT — One of Lebanon's highest security officials, Wissam al-Hassan, is reported dead in a huge car bomb explosion in central Beirut today.

According to the BBC at least eight people have been confirmed dead in the blast, which happened in Sassine Square, a busy part of the mostly Christian Ashrafiya district in the eastern part of the Lebanese capital.

Dozens more were injured, Reuters reported, citing witnesses and security officials.

Hassan was the target of the attack, a Lebanese police official told the Associated Press.

The source said he hadn't yet confirmed whether Hassan was hit, but according to Reuters, at least one Lebanese TV station is reporting that Hassan was among those killed.

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