China Daily (Hong Kong)

5 killed, 75 injured in Beirut blast

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Former Lebanese finance minister Mohamad Chatah, who was an adviser to former prime minister Saad al-Hariri, and four other people were killed in a massive bomb blast that targeted his car in Beirut on Friday, security sources said. Another 75 were injured in the attack. Chatah, 62, a Sunni Muslim, was a critic of Lebanon’s ShiiteHezb­ollah movement.

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