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Another blast targets a restaurant in south Lebanon, update

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Another blast in Tyre ( Sour) south Lebanon targeting a restaurant took place around midnight Sunday causing extensive material damage.

There are unconfirmed reports of casualties as a result of the explosion targeting Nocean restaurant, which is located on Ramel Street, Nabih Bery Boulevard, Tyre, next to McDonald’s restaurant and a Spinneys super market

The Internal Security Forces and ambulances reportedly arrived at the scene .

On November 17 two bombs targeting a nightclub and a liquor store exploded in Tyre (Sour), one of the few areas in South Lebanon where alcohol is available for sale.

One of the bombs targeted the Elissa Queen Hotel on the seafront of the scenic Mediterranean coastal town.

The second bomb struck a shop selling alcohol in the Christian quarters of Tyre, a multi-confessional city especially popular with tourists during the summer season.

Last December a bomb ( two-kilogram of TNT) targeting the seaside Tyros restaurant in the southern city of Tyre caused substantial material damage.

Alcohol is not banned in Lebanon, but in areas under the control of the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah liquor is not allowed.

Update I: Two people were reportedly wounded in the explosion and several cars that were parked in the area of the explosion were damaged

Update II: The number of wounded is seven and not two as originally reported . All the wounded were taken by the red Cross to nearby hospitals in Tyre

The bomb was placed in the elevator of the building in which the restaurant is located. The restaurant is on the fourth floor of the building and the bomb exploded as soon as the elevator stopped at the fourth floor.

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22 responses to “Another blast targets a restaurant in south Lebanon, update”

  1. Patience2 Avatar
    Patience2

    The ‘street-turds’ are at it again.  Sure you want to live under their rule?

    1. dateam Avatar
      dateam

      patience2 lets have some patience and see what the investigation yields????

    2. dateam Avatar
      dateam

      patience2 lets have some patience and see what the investigation yields????

  2. Patience2 Avatar
    Patience2

    The ‘street-turds’ are at it again.  Sure you want to live under their rule?

    1. dateam Avatar
      dateam

      patience2 lets have some patience and see what the investigation yields????

  3. Ali Strickland Avatar
    Ali Strickland

    “Alcohol is not banned in Lebanon, but in areas under the control of the
    Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah liquor is not allowed.” This is inaccurate; alcohol can be purchased in Bint Jbeil and elsewhere where Hizbullah has a strong presence.

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      And as we note, Ali, the most smuggled item into Iran these days … higher than even uranium. 🙂

      1. Mahdi Kenaani Avatar
        Mahdi Kenaani

        Whats your point? Half of your posts on this website are hints about how “bad” Muslims are! Is this your point or is it just “interest” once again?

        And just because its the most smuggled doesnt make the ban wrong!

        1. 5thDrawer Avatar
          5thDrawer

          Well sensitive Mahdi … I guess I need to point out that ‘Prohibition’ in North America – which was in a sense Christian in nature – did not work either. The smuggling resulting from the ban brought to the fore gangs of people like Al Capone and law-enforcers like Elliot Ness and the rather more expensive enforcements and gun-deaths of many people – in the great desire by theoretical religionists to prevent a chosen lifestyle which certainly has a downside of potential addiction – like tobacco – but which vastly more people simply enjoy having available. Education does more than prohibition to prevent the ‘bad’ or ‘naughty’ aspects.
          I think lifestyle choices should remain a choice.
          If you want to kill yourself with a drug, go for it. But banning it only leads to pissing people off.

  4. Ali Strickland Avatar
    Ali Strickland

    “Alcohol is not banned in Lebanon, but in areas under the control of the
    Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah liquor is not allowed.” This is inaccurate; alcohol can be purchased in Bint Jbeil and elsewhere where Hizbullah has a strong presence.

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      And as we note, Ali, the most smuggled item into Iran these days … higher than even uranium. 🙂

      1. Mahdi Kenaani Avatar
        Mahdi Kenaani

        Whats your point? Half of your posts on this website are hints about how “bad” Muslims are! Is this your point or is it just “interest” once again?

        And just because its the most smuggled doesnt make the ban wrong!

        1. 5thDrawer Avatar
          5thDrawer

          Well sensitive Mahdi … I guess I need to point out that ‘Prohibition’ in North America – which was in a sense Christian in nature – did not work either. The smuggling resulting from the ban brought to the fore gangs of people like Al Capone and law-enforcers like Elliot Ness and the rather more expensive enforcements and gun-deaths of many people – in the great desire by theoretical religionists to prevent a chosen lifestyle which certainly has a downside of potential addiction – like tobacco – but which vastly more people simply enjoy having available. Education does more than prohibition to prevent the ‘bad’ or ‘naughty’ aspects.
          I think lifestyle choices should remain a choice.
          If you want to kill yourself with a drug, go for it. But banning it only leads to pissing people off.

  5. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Lifestyle dictators are everywhere … not all of them use bombs.
    But I am sure SOME enjoy tourist dollars. Maybe these ones only hate tourists? 😉

  6. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Lifestyle dictators are everywhere … not all of them use bombs.

  7. antar2011 Avatar
    antar2011

    i don’t understand the political reasons for these bombings

  8. antar2011 Avatar
    antar2011

    i don’t understand the political reasons for these bombings

  9. FadiAbboud Avatar
    FadiAbboud

    what investigation?
    Much Like the investigation of all the political assassinations in Lebanon, the verdict is in the hands of the accused and the guilty.

  10. FadiAbboud Avatar
    FadiAbboud

    what investigation?
    Much Like the investigation of all the political assassinations in Lebanon, the verdict is in the hands of the accused and the guilty.

  11. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Meanwhile in ‘peaceful Tripoli’ where Shabiha seem to be proliferating and guns are going off again, a businessman notes … while Mikati urges the LAF to do something ….
    ‘Already witnessing the growing flood of refugees, Mr Hassoun is concerned that Syrians forced to beg and steal will swamp Lebanon and drive away business.
    “They should be careful. About 80% of my business is outside of Tripoli. If it gets much worse, people like me will do what the Lebanese do best in troubled times – leave.”
    “There are 25 million people in Syria – if only 2% of their population arrives here in Lebanon, it will be a disaster for us,” he says.’

    And cars with no licence plates drive straight into the demonstrators … and zoom away. Wonderful.

  12. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Meanwhile in ‘peaceful Tripoli’ where Shabiha seem to be proliferating and guns are going off again, a businessman notes … while Mikati urges the LAF to do something ….
    ‘Already witnessing the growing flood of refugees, Mr Hassoun is concerned that Syrians forced to beg and steal will swamp Lebanon and drive away business.
    “They should be careful. About 80% of my business is outside of Tripoli. If it gets much worse, people like me will do what the Lebanese do best in troubled times – leave.”
    “There are 25 million people in Syria – if only 2% of their population arrives here in Lebanon, it will be a disaster for us,” he says.’

    And cars with no licence plates drive straight into the demonstrators … and zoom away. Wonderful.

  13. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Meanwhile in ‘peaceful Tripoli’ where Shabiha seem to be proliferating and guns are going off again, a businessman notes … while Mikati urges the LAF to do something ….
    ‘Already witnessing the growing flood of refugees, Mr Hassoun is concerned that Syrians forced to beg and steal will swamp Lebanon and drive away business.
    “They should be careful. About 80% of my business is outside of Tripoli. If it gets much worse, people like me will do what the Lebanese do best in troubled times – leave.”
    “There are 25 million people in Syria – if only 2% of their population arrives here in Lebanon, it will be a disaster for us,” he says.’

    And cars with no licence plates drive straight into the demonstrators … and zoom away. Wonderful.

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